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  • Ticket ballot opens for Stephen Hawking Memorial Service

    Wednesday, 9th May 2018

    A ballot opens 9th May for tickets for the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Professor Stephen Hawking and the burial of his ashes.

    Stephen Hawking

  • Ashes of Stephen Hawking buried in the Abbey

    Friday, 15th June 2018

    A Service of Thanksgiving for Stephen Hawking was held at Westminster Abbey on 15th June 2018, during which his ashes were interred in the Nave.

    Memorial dedication

  • Professor Stephen Hawking to be honoured at the Abbey

    Tuesday, 20th March 2018

    There will be a Service of Thanksgiving later in the year for Professor Stephen Hawking during which his ashes will be interred in the Abbey.

  • Stephen Hawking memorial service set for June

    Wednesday, 28th March 2018

    The Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey for the Life of Professor Stephen Hawking, during which his ashes will be interred near the grave of Sir Isaac Newton, will be held on Friday 15th June.

  • Sir Stephen Lamport appointed Receiver General of the Abbey

    Thursday, 1st May 2008

    Sir Stephen Lamport, former Private Secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales, has been appointed Receiver General of Westminster Abbey. He will take up his new post later this year.

    Sir Stephen Lamport Receiver General

  • Truth

    In the world of public service, trustworthiness, dependability, wise decision-making and solid relationships all depend upon truth.

  • Stephen

    Stephen was crowned in the Abbey in December 1135. He promised to all Englishmen "all the liberties and good laws" which they had enjoyed under his predecessors.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 10th June 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018: Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. From the 2nd.

  • Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on Christmas Day 2018

    Tuesday, 25th December 2018

    The heart of the joy of Christmas gives almost universal pleasure.

  • 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.

  • Supporters of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries

    The Dean & Chapter of Westminster would like to thank the following generous supporters.

  • The Choir

    The Choir of Westminster Abbey is renowned worldwide. Comprising thirty boys and twelve adult singers, its main focus is to sing the daily choral services.

  • The Nave

    The Nave is at the western end of the Abbey and contains the graves and memorials of many famous people.

    Architecture

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

    Sunday, 17th March 2024

    And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

  • 37th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 25th May 2023

    Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart

    Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  • Dignity and Public Service

    Find out about and watch a series of lectures and discussions that explore how we might heal divisions in public life.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2015

    Sunday, 22nd March 2015

    Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2018

    Sunday, 29th April 2018

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2018: The reassurance of the whole story - but the challenge of our part within it In our age of anxiety (and.

  • 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..

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on The Day of Pentecost 2015

    Sunday, 24th May 2015

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

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