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  • Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 10th June 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018: The extraordinary truth is that the grace of God abounds in the ordinary for us all, whether we know it or not..

  • 16th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 10th May 2001

    Delivered by Professor Stephen Clark, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th May 2001 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • One People Oration 2016

    Monday, 14th November 2016

    Speaker: Lord Evans of Weardale, former Head of MI5; Chair: The Very Reverend Dr John Hall

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2024

    Friday, 1st November 2024

    Tonight we must be open to the saints, who call to us because we are vulnerable, bound, and mortal.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Day of Pentecost 2019

    Sunday, 9th June 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Day of Pentecost 2019: 'Time is how you spend your love.' At the beginning of her novel On Beauty, Zadie Smith quotes a line from a poem.

  • Using our library and archives

    The Library and Muniments are now open again to researchers but for more limited times.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on 23rd December 2018

    Sunday, 23rd December 2018

    In but a couple of days’ time the feast will be upon us.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2019

    Sunday, 10th March 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2019: Lent 2019 is an exciting, but testing time to live the holy life. Lent 2019 is an exciting,.

  • Sermon given at the Installation of Paul Baumann CBE as Receiver General

    Saturday, 12th January 2019

    "This time of year seems to me to leave us in a state of querulous anxiety."

    Paul Baumann Receiver General

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2021

    Sunday, 14th March 2021

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2021: Talk about sin has been unfashionable for a long time now. Talk about sin has been unfashionable for a long.

  • The Cloisters

    The Cloisters date mainly from the 13th to the 15th centuries and were where the Abbey’s monks spent much of their time.

    Architecture

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2024

    Sunday, 18th February 2024

    ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’

  • Cheyneygates

    These are two rooms over the entrance to the cloisters, originally part of Nicholas Litlyngton's rebuilding of the Abbot's house complex in the 14th century.

  • Sermon given at the Service attended by the Judges, 2018

    Monday, 1st October 2018

    Sermon given at the Service attended by the Judges, 2018, by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster.

    Judges Service Special Service Dean of Westminster

  • Regular services

    What to expect at our regular services, which are open to the public and free of charge.

  • Time Team Special on Westminster Abbey broadcast date confirmed

    Thursday, 17th June 2010

    Tony Robinson and the Time Team go behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey in a one-hour special, Time Team: The Secrets of Westminster Abbey, to be broadcast on Channel 4 on Monday 28th June at 8.00pm.

    Time Team

  • Channel 4 to screen Time Team dig Sunday 18th April

    Tuesday, 13th April 2010

    Channel 4 kicks off the new series of Time Team on Sunday 18th April at 5.30pm with Westminster Abbey as the first show. Time Team visited the Abbey in September 2009 and dug up a section of North Green looking for evidence of Henry III’s sacristy.

  • Events at Westminster Abbey

    Special services, concerts, lectures, events for families – it's worth a trip to London. Most of our events are free and open to anyone.

  • College Hall

    This is the oldest continuously used dining room in London. It was finished in 1376. Today it is the main dining hall for Westminster School.

  • Reflection: Good Friday

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Read or listen to the reflection for Good Friday

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