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  • Funeral and wax effigies

    Find out about the funeral effigies at the Abbey.

    Royalty

  • Sermon given at the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

    Monday, 19th September 2022

    Sermon given at the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: The pattern for many leaders is to be exalted in life and forgotten after death.

    State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

  • RAF Chapel

    At the eastern end of the Lady Chapel is the Royal Air Force chapel dedicated to the men who died in the Battle of Britain in 1940.

    Architecture Notable people

  • Royal funeral assembly for primary

  • Royal funeral assembly for secondary

  • 15th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 4th May 2000

    Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Martyn Percy at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 4th May 2000 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford and the Cathedral, Sheffield.

  • Address given at the Funeral of Dame Beulah Bewley

    Tuesday, 13th February 2018

    Address given by The Reverend Ralph Godsall, Priest Vicar.

    Dame Beulah Bewley

  • Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022

    Sunday, 25th September 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: Honest and the knowledge that a different sort of community exists in God and can be ours. I have.

  • Sermon Given at The Chapel Royal St James's Palace on Good Friday 2016

    Friday, 25th March 2016

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

  • Sermon Given at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, Good Friday 2017

    Friday, 14th April 2017

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

  • Sermon in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, on Good Friday 2019

    Friday, 19th April 2019

    Sermon in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace on Good Friday 2019: The passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ stand at the centre of our historic inheritance in this country..

  • Reflection for the Feast of the Holy Name

    Wednesday, 1st January 2025

    Discover how the Feast of the Holy Name and the Abbey's Islip Chapel are connected, in this reflection from The Reverend Canon James Hawkey.

  • Misericords

    The word misericord comes from the Latin misericordia, meaning pity or mercy. These hinged oak seats in the chapel tip up to form a ledge.

    Art

  • The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II

    Monday, 19th September 2022

    The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II: The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II was held at Westminster Abbey at 11:00am on Monday 19th September 2022. Before the service, the.

    Special Service HM The Queen

  • 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.

    Christianity

  • Vestments and frontals

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

  • 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..

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019

    Sunday, 15th September 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019: Dr Edward Bouverie Pusey, who fought for the soul of our beloved Church of England. This morning a service of thanksgiving to.

  • 13th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 7th May 1998

    Delivered by Canon Eric James FKC at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1998 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • 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

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