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• Abbey pays tribute to Nelson Mandela

  Thursday, 5th December 2013

  The Dean and Chapter of Westminster has sent a message of condolence to the High Commissioner for South Africa on the death of the country’s former President Nelson Mandela.

  Nelson Mandela

• Abbey prays for Nelson Mandela

  Wednesday, 26th June 2013

  Prayers for the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela are being included in daily Eucharists at Westminster Abbey.

• Nelson Mandela honoured with memorial stone

  Wednesday, 18th July 2018

  A memorial stone to Nelson Mandela was dedicated in Westminster Abbey on 18th July 2018, the birth centenary of the former President of South Africa.

  Memorial dedication

• Abbey Honours the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela

  Monday, 3rd March 2014

  His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales represented Her Majesty The Queen at a Service to Celebrate the Life and Work of Nelson Mandela, former President of the Republic of South Africa, at Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd March 2014.

  Special Service Royal Visit HRH Prince Henry of Wales

• Nelson Mandela

  Statesman and Lawyer

  On 18th July 2018 a memorial to Nelson Mandela was unveiled in the nave of Westminster Abbey.

• The Choir

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey is renowned worldwide. Comprising thirty boys and twelve adult singers, its main focus is to sing the daily choral services.

• Sermon Given at Matins on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2015

  Sunday, 23rd August 2015

  Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

• Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2022

  Sunday, 2nd January 2022

  Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2022: God is love, and love is his first gift to us. As the procession of choir and clergy entered the Abbey.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2018

  Sunday, 14th October 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2018: May we commit ourselves to dedicate our lives to the service of God in Christ and to the service of.

• 18th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 8th May 2003

  Delivered by The Reverend Professor Duncan B Forrester, New College, The University of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2003 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

• 2nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 21st May 1987

  Delivered by The Rt Revd Simeon Nkoane CR, Assistant Bishop of Johannesburg at King's College London.

• One People Oration 2011

  Thursday, 10th March 2011

  Speaker: His Excellency Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General

• Nelson - 200th Anniversary Celebrations

  Friday, 21st October 2005

  The Choir of St Margaret's Church made their own contribution to the Trafalgar anniversary celebrations on 23rd October by singing music from Haydn's 'Nelson Mass' during the 11 o'clock Eucharist service.

  St Margaret's Church Trafalgar anniversary

• Order of the Bath

  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.

  Notable people

• Funeral and wax effigies

  Find out about the funeral effigies at the Abbey.

  Royalty

• 22nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 10th May 2007

  Delivered by The Reverend Dr Richard A. Burridge, Dean of King's College London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th May 2007 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

• 16th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 10th May 2001

  Delivered by Professor Stephen Clark, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th May 2001 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

• Horatio, Viscount Nelson

  Sailor

  One of the best likenesses of the great Admiral, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, is his wax effigy in the triforium galleries at Westminster Abbey.

• New Collaboration to Reveal Secrets of Effigies

  Wednesday, 3rd May 2017

  The wax-work heads of naval hero Horatio Nelson and Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder, which are over two hundred years old, have been scanned using the world’s most advanced radiology technology in a new collaboration between Westminster Abbey, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London.

• Date confirmed for Archbishop Tutu service

  Thursday, 13th January 2022

  Westminster Abbey’s Memorial Evensong for Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be held on Thursday 9th June 2021 at 5.00pm.