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  • Fraternité tour: French footprints in British history - February

    Tuesday, 20th February 2024

    Journey through collaboration and conflict as we delve into the intricate French links woven throughout Britain's history.

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  • Fraternité tour: French footprints in British history - April

    Saturday, 13th April 2024

    Journey through collaboration and conflict as we delve into the intricate French links woven throughout Britain's history.

  • Fraternité tour: French footprints in British history - May

    Thursday, 9th May 2024

    Journey through collaboration and conflict as we delve into the intricate French links woven throughout Britain's history.

  • The Queen's organ (Mander, 2013)

    The Queen's organ (Mander, 2013): The Queen’s Organ was the welcome result of collaboration between the Lord Mayor of London, the City of London Corporation, and the Dean and Chapter of Westminster..

  • Crib

    The Christmas Crib figures at Westminster Abbey were carved at Oberammergau in 1965.

    Christianity

  • Thomas and John French

    Thomas and John French were servants to Dean Thomas Sprat at Westminster Abbey and are buried in the south cloister.

  • Modern Martyrs

    Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs.

    Notable people Priest

  • Cheyneygates

    These are two rooms over the entrance to the cloisters, originally part of Nicholas Litlyngton's rebuilding of the Abbot's house complex in the 14th century.

    Architecture

  • Address Given at A Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to Mark the Centenary of the ANZAC Landings

    Saturday, 25th April 2015

    Address given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

    ANZAC Day

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Advent 2017

    Sunday, 12th November 2017

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Advent 2017: Remember to live God says of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt, and I will raise up their.

  • Sermon given on the Day of Pentecost

    Sunday, 9th June 2019

    ‘I am in the Father and the Father is in me.’ And he said, ‘I am going to the Father.’

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2021

    Sunday, 21st November 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2021: Pax Christi in regno Christi—‘the peace of Christ in the kingdom of Christ’. In January 1922, Pope Benedict.

  • French family remembers their field marshal

    Wednesday, 16th January 2013

    At Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 15th January 2013, The Duc and Duchesse de La Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville, attended the dedication of a ledger stone, marking the grave of their kinsman, Field Marshal Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Marquis de Montendre.

    Field Marshal Francois de La Rochefoucauld Memorial dedication

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2016

    Sunday, 7th February 2016

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.

  • Sermon given at the Service attended by the Judges, 2018

    Monday, 1st October 2018

    Sermon given at the Service attended by the Judges, 2018, by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster.

    Judges Service Special Service Dean of Westminster

  • 34th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 9th May 2019

    Sir James MacMillan argues that the search for the sacred did not end with modernity in music and that it has grown and become complex.

    Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  • Jerusalem Chamber

    The Jerusalem Chamber is a medieval room with an original roof and historic tapestries woven in France. King Henry IV died here in 1413.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Feast of Candlemas 2015

    Monday, 2nd February 2015

    Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Sunday Next Before Lent 2015

    Sunday, 15th February 2015

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist for St Michael and All Angels

    Tuesday, 29th September 2015

    Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.

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