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• Sermon given at Midnight Mass, Christmas 2019

  Tuesday, 24th December 2019

  It is my first Christmas in the Abbey, I have been here a month. Kind people keep asking me if I am looking forward to my first Christmas here.

  Midnight Mass

• Taverner: Western Wynde Mass

  James O’Donnell brings composer John Taverner to the fore, presenting two of the undisputed choral masterpieces from sixteenth-century England.

• Worship in Christianity

• Prayer in Christianity

• Sermon given at Midnight Mass at Christmas 2018

  Monday, 24th December 2018

  ‘When the angels had left them, the shepherds said one to another, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”’

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity 2024

  Sunday, 11th August 2024

  Early Christianity was a scandal!

• Abbey bells

  Westminster Abbey now has ten bells which are rung on church festivals and for royal and other occasions.

  Christianity

• Benedictine monastery

  The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the habit of the Order of St Benedict, who established the Benedictine rules for the monks in about 540AD.

• Crib

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

• Vestments and frontals

  The Abbey uses many different vestments and altar hangings during the year.

• Christopher Tye: Missa Euge bone & Western Wynde Mass

  A well-judged selection of sacred music by sixteenth-century English composer Christopher Tye, including his masterpiece the Missa Euge bone.

• History of Westminster Abbey

  An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey houses tombs and memorials to kings and queens and the famous and the great.

  Architecture

• Icons at Westminster Abbey

  Two icons were dedicated in the nave in 1994 and are near the grave of the Unknown Warrior. An icon of St Edward the Confessor was dedicated in 2019.

  Art

• Retable

  The Westminster Retable is England's oldest altarpiece. It is acknowledged to be amongst the most important surviving examples of panel painting from 13th century England.

• Wall paintings

  Our most important wall paintings are from the late 13th century, and include the figures of St Faith, Christ with St Thomas, and St Christopher.

• Our Lady of Pew

  The Society of Our Lady of Pew venerates the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, and regularly holds Mass and retreats in the Abbey.

• Abbots & Deans

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

  Notable people

• Modern Martyrs

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

  Priest

• Christianity – some basics

  Would you like to know more about the Christian faith? Here’s a short guide: how it began, its beliefs and practices plus, help if you’d like to explore it further.

• Christianity in 10 objects

  Every object tells a story. Here at Westminster Abbey, a Christian place of worship for over 1,000 years, there are over 1,000 years of stories to share. Discover more about the beliefs, practices and history of Christianity by uncovering the stories behind these 10 objects from the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries.