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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.
of the Modern Martyrs Commemorating saints The lower part of this facade was completed in the 15th century and the niches were evidently intended for statues...
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Statesmen’s Aisle
The north transept of Westminster Abbey is known as Statesmen's Aisle due to the many memorials there to politicians.
There is a series of 19th century statues on one side, including those to William Gladstone, Benjamin Disraeli and Robert Peel.
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Architecture
The present Abbey building dates mainly from the reign of Henry III. In 1245 he pulled down the eastern part of the 11th century Abbey.
All around the chapel are Tudor emblems such as the rose and portcullis, and nearly one hundred statues of saints still remain in niches around the walls.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2024
Sunday, 28th April 2024
Smoothing over the difficulties and ambiguities.
Gormley has been burying iron statues of himself in the lawn at Houghton Hall in Norfolk—some are submerged up to their knees, some to their waists, some...
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Sermon Given at the Evening Service on Easter Day 2017
Sunday, 16th April 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend Tony Kyriakides, Priest Vicar.
...the liminal place, passing through those glass doors, you stepped under the statues of ten twentieth century people whose liminal journey led to their
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of St Peter 2024
Friday, 28th June 2024
Peter is our witness to our humanity, to forgiveness, to grace, and to Christ.
Arranged either side of the altar, behind me, is a set of four statues.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity
Sunday, 28th July 2024
The feeding of the five-thousand.
We move always onward through our lives, like Catalano’s statues, ever bearing our desire to be complete.
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Palm Sunday
Sunday, 13th April 2025
The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival, Minor Canon and Sacrist at the Abbey, reflects on the Arma Christi, the symbols of Christ’s passion, on the High Altar’s Lenten array.
are the gold and statues at the High Altar; instead, we have our Lenten Array – vast unbleached curtains veiling the glitter and confronting us with Jesus on...
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High Altar
The Sacrarium or Sanctuary is at the heart of the Abbey where the High Altar stands.
There are four large statues of Moses, St Peter, St Paul and King David, by H.H.
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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.
Henry VII chapel vaulting Around the walls remain 95 statues of saints (PDF).
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Sermon preached at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2023
Sunday, 12th November 2023
Sermon preached at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Advent 2023: What kind of a nation are we and what direction do we want to move in? This is my commandment, that.
...Remembrance Sunday, we pause our series of sermons commemorating the 25th anniversary of placing the 10 statues of 20th-century martyrs above the Abbey’s Great West
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2016
Sunday, 6th March 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
...has brought together existing images of the suffering Christ, from paintings in the National Gallery to public statues, and connecting them with new artistic
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37th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 25th May 2023
Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart
It can be argued that the pulling down or removal of statues has become a distraction against the wider issues of systemic racism that need to be addressed more...
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on All Souls' Day 2015
Monday, 2nd November 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
In one the chapels of the Abbey, there is a depiction of death, the grim reaper, emerging from a vault below carved statues.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 19th June 2016
Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.
the Great West Door stand ten statues of Martyrs of the Twentieth Century, commissioned by the Dean and Chapter in 1998: Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Manche Masemola,...
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2018
Sunday, 15th July 2018
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2018: Who’s in charge? It can matter quite a lot. Who’s in charge? Sometimes the question is irrelevant. It doesn’t matter.
the Abbey’s west front are statues of ten 20th century martyrs, representative of many thousands of men and women and children who died during the 20th century...
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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.
...Westminster Abbey, we are inspired by the example of a particular group of 20th century martyrs, commemorated in statues on the west front of the Abbey Church since
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Address at A Service of Thanksgiving for The Reverend Dr Anthony E Harvey 1930–2018
Tuesday, 15th January 2019
Given by The Right Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Williams of Oystermouth former Archbishop of Canterbury.
his most lasting monument in this Abbey, the statues of the martyrs on the West Front, testifies to his alignment with all who have looked for truth rather than...
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Sermon at a Service for Queen Anne's School, Caversham, to celebrate their 125th anniversary
Friday, 25th October 2019
Sermon at a Service for Queen Anne's School, Caversham, to celebrate their 125th anniversary: We have been rooted in a good land. When Queen Anne’s School was founded in 1894 it was.
...led to women winning the right to vote, only a century ago – there are fine statues to Emmeline Pankhurst and to Millicent Fawcett within yards of this
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2025
Sunday, 5th October 2025
Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us.
need only point to the statues and memorials around the Abbey of upstanding Christians who established great wealth and power on the impoverishment and slavery...
