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Modern Martyrs
Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives for their beliefs.
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Statesmen’s Aisle
The north transept of Westminster Abbey is known as Statesmen's Aisle due to the many memorials there to politicians.
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Architecture
The present Abbey building dates mainly from the reign of Henry III. In 1245 he pulled down the eastern part of the 11th century Abbey.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2024
Sunday, 28th April 2024
Smoothing over the difficulties and ambiguities.
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Lady Chapel
The 16th-century historian John Leland called the Henry VII Lady Chapel ‘the wonder of the world’ and it continues to inspire wonder amongst visitors today.
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Sermon Given at the Evening Service on Easter Day 2017
Sunday, 16th April 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend Tony Kyriakides, Priest Vicar.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of St Peter 2024
Friday, 28th June 2024
Peter is our witness to our humanity, to forgiveness, to grace, and to Christ.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity
Sunday, 28th July 2024
The feeding of the five-thousand.
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Palm Sunday
Sunday, 13th April 2025
The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival, Minor Canon and Sacrist at the Abbey, reflects on the Arma Christi, the symbols of Christ’s passion, on the High Altar’s Lenten array.
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High Altar
The Sacrarium or Sanctuary is at the heart of the Abbey where the High Altar stands.
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Sermon preached at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2023
Sunday, 12th November 2023
Sermon preached at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2023: What kind of a nation are we and what direction do we want to move in? This is my commandment, that.
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37th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 25th May 2023
Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2016
Sunday, 6th March 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Abbey in Wartime
On the outbreak of the second world war in 1939 many of the Abbey's treasures were evacuated for safety to country houses, such as Mentmore.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on All Souls' Day 2015
Monday, 2nd November 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 19th June 2016
Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2018
Sunday, 15th July 2018
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2018: Who’s in charge? It can matter quite a lot. Who’s in charge? Sometimes the question is irrelevant. It doesn’t matter.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2018
Thursday, 1st November 2018
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2018: May we all be encouraged by the saints to become ourselves fully. Forty years ago today I was licensed by the Bishop.
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Address at A Service of Thanksgiving for The Reverend Dr Anthony E Harvey 1930–2018
Tuesday, 15th January 2019
Given by The Right Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Williams of Oystermouth former Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Sermon at a Service for Queen Anne's School, Caversham, to celebrate their 125th anniversary
Friday, 25th October 2019
Sermon at a Service for Queen Anne's School, Caversham, to celebrate their 125th anniversary: We have been rooted in a good land. When Queen Anne’s School was founded in 1894 it was.
