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

  Sunday, 25th September 2022

  Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2022: George Herbert Two of this month’s sermons at Evensong are based upon religious figures educated (at different times) at Westminster School.

• Homily given at Holy Communion on the Third Sunday of Easter 2023

  Sunday, 23rd April 2023

  Homily given at Holy Communion on the Third Sunday of Easter 2023: Today is the day we traditionally honour St George. Today, April 23, is the day we traditionally honour St George. He.

• The Harrison & Harrison organ (1937)

  The Harrison & Harrison organ of Westminster Abbey was installed for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. With four manuals and eighty-four speaking stops.

• Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lectures

  Eric Abbott was Dean of Westminster between 1959 and 1974. His friends set up a memorial trust to provide for an annual lecture on spirituality.

• Order of the Bath

  The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by George I on 18th May 1725. Since then the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey has been used as their chapel.

  Notable people

• George VI

  The coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth was held at Westminster Abbey on 12th May 1937. They married at the Abbey on 26th April 1923.

  The Order of Service (PDF, 643 KB) Coronation The coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth was held on 12th May 1937.

• The organs

  Thousands of people visit us each year to hear our famous grand organ, a fine five-manual Harrison & Harrison instrument installed for the 1937 coronation.

  The grand organ is a fine five-manual Harrison & Harrison instrument, installed for the coronation of King George VI in 1937.

• 37. George VI and the hidden sandwiches

  Ahead of the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort on 6 May, we’ll be sharing stories from each of the 38 Coronation services held here since 1066.

  The day of the Coronation of George VI in May 1937 was a long one for some.

• Princess Margaret, daughter of George VI

  Princess Margaret was the second daughter of King George VI and the sister of Queen Elizabeth II. She married at Westminster Abbey in 1960.

  Margaret Rose was the second daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother).

• Royal Weddings

  When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were married at Westminster Abbey in April 2011, they followed a long line of British royal weddings.

  ...Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Elizabeth II's father, His Majesty King George VI, exchanged vows with Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at the High Altar...

  Royalty

• Funeral and wax effigies

  Find out about the funeral effigies at the Abbey.

• Royal tombs

  Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of many kings and queens, starting with King Edward the Confessor whose shrine stands just behind the High Altar.

• The Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial

  Wednesday, 7th May 2003

  The Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial in Westminster Abbey unveiled and dedicated at a Service on 14th May 2003.

  Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial

• 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.

  Architecture

• 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.

• Vestments and frontals

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

  ...velvet cope uses some orphreys, or panels on the front edge, taken from the Dean’s 1937 coronation cope with the initials G and E (for George VI and Elizabeth).

  Christianity

• Abbey bells

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

  ...in use for 52 years ringing out in 1937 for the coronation of King George VI, in 1953 for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and on 8th May...

• 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.

  The chapel was unveiled by King George VI on 10 July 1947.

• 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 Evensong on the feast of Christ the King 2018

  Sunday, 25th November 2018

  Sermon at Evensong on the feast of Christ the King 2018: Divine love and justice has begun to erupt into the world we know. For a number of weeks, the UK has.

  When it became apparent that Churchill would not be dissuaded, Eisenhower appealed to a higher authority: King George VI.