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• Modern Martyrs

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

  Notable people Christianity Priest

• Interpreting Modern Martyrs: Anjani’s perspective

• Interpreting Modern Martyrs: Barney’s perspective

• Interpreting Modern Martyrs: Joel’s perspective

• Interpreting Modern Martyrs: Josiah’s perspective

• Interpreting Modern Martyrs: Tobi’s perspective

• Introducing Modern Martyrs: primary teachers’ guide

• Interpreting Modern Martyrs: Esther and Peonia’s perspective

• Interpreting Modern Martyrs: Yvette and Miu Miu’s perspective

• Interpreting Modern Martyrs: secondary teachers' guide

• One People Oration 2000

  Monday, 10th July 2000

  Speaker: General Sir Michael Rose

• Modern Christian martyr maquette

  Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the modern Christian martyr maquette, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.

• 23rd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  Thursday, 8th May 2008

  Delivered by The Reverend Canon Dr Jane Shaw, Dean of Divinity, Chaplain and Fellow, New College Oxford and Canon Theologian, Salisbury Cathedral at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2008.

• Sermon at the Solemn Evensong of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of St Oscar Romero

  Saturday, 17th November 2018

  We celebrate today the canonisation of St Oscar Romero, Bishop and Martyr, that took place in Rome on 14th October 2018.

• The Charles Gore Lecture 2017

  Tuesday, 7th February 2017

  Speaker: Marilynne Robinson; Chair - The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster

• Abbey to light up red for 25th anniversary of Modern Martyrs  

  Thursday, 6th July 2023

  The Abbey’s west front will be floodlit in blood red as the sun goes down on the evening of Saturday 8th July to mark the eve of the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the modern martyrs.

• Symposium: The End of the Elizabethan eras

  Listen to a discussion that focuses on exploring the clash of cultures in Tudor and Modern times

• Catalogues

  In our library, we have an extensive card catalogue and index to our medieval and early modern archive, and most of our modern one.

• St Margaret of Antioch Patronal Festival

  Sunday, 21st July 2019

  May St Margaret pray for us that we may not fail in the face of opposition but remain firm in our faith and confident as witnesses to God’s truth.

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist for the Translation of St Edward the Confessor 2015

  Tuesday, 13th October 2015

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