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  • Sermon given at Evensong on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022

    Sunday, 9th January 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022: What does the grace of baptism accomplish? Today we keep the feast of the Baptism of Christ. It’s somewhat ironic.

  • Sermon at Evensong of the Baptism of Christ 2020

    Sunday, 12th January 2020

    Sermon at Evensong of the Baptism of Christ 2020: Today, again is Epiphany, today is Theophany. The Baptism of Jesus by John in the River Jordan which we celebrate today is one.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2025

    Sunday, 12th January 2025

    In the font we learn that water is thicker than blood.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist of the Baptism of Christ 2017

    Sunday, 8th January 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.

  • Address given by the Prime Minister on the fifth anniversary of the attacks on Westminster Bridge and in New Palace Yard

    Tuesday, 22nd March 2022

    Address given by the Prime Minister on the fifth anniversary of the attacks on Westminster Bridge and in New Palace Yard: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.' I want to begin by.

  • 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.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021

    Tuesday, 29th June 2021

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day, 2021: The life of our heavenly patron St Peter reminds us that even when we get it wrong, the love of Christ.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Epiphany 2015

    Sunday, 25th January 2015

    Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Sub-Dean and Rector of St Margaret's.

  • 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.

  • Sermon Given at a Service of Thanksgiving to Mark the Centenary of Blind Veterans UK

    Tuesday, 6th October 2015

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

  • In Power

    It is neither superheroes nor automata but human beings who pace the corridors of Westminster and Whitehall, often feeling anything but powerful.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day 2017

    Thursday, 29th June 2017

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

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day 2016

    Sunday, 27th March 2016

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

  • Truth in the Public Square

    Lecture given by Claire Foster-Gilbert, Westminster Abbey Institute, at the 2015 conference of the Newbigin House of Studies Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 15th July 2015.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent 2021

    Sunday, 12th December 2021

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent 2021: Let our longing be worthy of the kingdom which John proclaimed In the iconography of the Christian East – what we.

  • 5th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 31st May 1990

    Delivered by The Very Reverend Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral San Francisco at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 31st May 1990 and subsequently at Lincoln Minster and Keble College, Oxford.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes on Ash Wednesday 2015

    Wednesday, 18th February 2015

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

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 25th June 2017

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

  • 26th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 26th May 2011

    Delivered by Richard Chartres KCVO, Bishop of London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 26th May 2011 and at Keble College, Oxford on Friday 27th May 2011.

  • 20th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 12th May 2005

    Delivered by The Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 12th May 2005 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

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