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  • Sermon Given at the Evening Service on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 30th July 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Tony Kyriakides Priest Vicar.

  • William Wilberforce & family

    Priest/Minister, Statesman and Abolitionist

    William Wilberforce, MP, who took up the cause for the abolition of slavery was buried in the north transept. Samuel was Dean of Westminster and Basil was Archdeacon.

  • Statesmen’s Aisle

    The north transept of Westminster Abbey is known as Statesmen's Aisle due to the many memorials there to politicians.

  • Abbots & Deans

    List of Abbots of the monastery and Deans of the Collegiate Church.

    Notable people Christianity

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Epiphany 2018

    Sunday, 21st January 2018

    Sermon given by The Venerable David Stanton, Canon in Residence

  • Sermon Given at the Evensong with The London Mayors

    Sunday, 16th October 2016

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

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Dedication Festival 2017

    Sunday, 15th October 2017

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

  • 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.

  • Sermon at Evening Prayer on the Third Sunday of Easter 2021

    Sunday, 18th April 2021

    Sermon at Evening Prayer on the Third Sunday of Easter 2021: There is something important about the strangeness of scripture. Research publicised by the BBC this week has brought the documents known.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 14th August 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? “Whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom.

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2023

    Sunday, 30th July 2023

    Sermon preached at Evensong on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2023: The dungeon shook and my chains fell off; I’m gonna grieve my Lord no more. Sisters and brothers in Christ! May.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2021

    Sunday, 17th October 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of the Dedication of Westminster 2021: Building a Beloved Community with Living Stones I bring you greeting from the city that never sleeps,.

  • 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.

  • One People Oration 2017

    Monday, 6th November 2017

    Speaker: Sir John Major; Chair: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster

  • 37th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 25th May 2023

    Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart

    Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  • One People Oration 2019

    Monday, 21st October 2019

    There are many churches and cathedrals in the world, some of which are more beautiful, more ancient, more glorious than Westminster Abbey.

    One People Oration

  • Abbey remembers victims of slavery

    Tuesday, 11th October 2016

    Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York attended a wreath laying to commemorate the work of William Wilberforce and mark the United Kingdom's commitment to combat modern slavery at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12th October 2016.

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  • St Margaret's Church hosts Invisible People exhibition

    Wednesday, 14th March 2018

    Home Office minister, Victoria Atkins MP toured Invisible People a modern slavery photography exhibition outside St Margaret’s Church on Tuesday 13th March.

    St Margaret's Church

  • Thomas Clarkson

    Abolitionist

    A memorial of slate was unveiled for Thomas Clarkson, abolitionist, on 26th September 1996, being placed between the statues of William Wilberforce and Stamford Raffles.

  • Zachary Macaulay

    Statesman and Abolitionist

    Zachary Macaulay has a life size bust in the nave. He was a member of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

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