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  • Archbishop Tutu features at Ascension Eucharist

    Friday, 14th May 2010

    The Most Reverend Dr Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town and former Primate of Southern Africa and Metropolitan, preached at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 13th May 2010 during Sung Eucharist to Celebrate the Ascension of Our Lord.

    Ascension Archbishop Desmond Tutu

  • Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu from South Africa, and The Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr

    Sunday, 7th March 2004

    Archbishop Tutu and Dr Carr are standing in the Nave of Westminster Abbey, by the Grave of the Unknown Warrior after Archbishop Tutu had preached on Sunday 7 March 2004.

  • Date confirmed for Archbishop Tutu service

    Thursday, 13th January 2022

    Westminster Abbey’s Memorial Evensong for Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be held on Thursday 9th June 2021 at 5.00pm.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2022

    Sunday, 2nd January 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2022: God is love, and love is his first gift to us. As the procession of choir and clergy entered the Abbey.

  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu remembered at Choral Evensong

    Friday, 10th June 2022

    A Choral Evensong with Thanksgiving for the life and work of Archbishop Desmond Tutu was held in Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th June 2022.

    Evensong

  • Abbey plans Memorial Evensong for Archbishop Tutu

    Friday, 31st December 2021

    Westminster Abbey is to hold a Memorial Evensong for Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died on 26th December.

    Special Service

  • Sermon at the Liturgy on Easter Day 2018

    Sunday, 1st April 2018

    Sermon at the Liturgy on Easter Day 2018: God raised Jesus of Nazareth from the dead and because of that, nothing in this world can ever be the last word for us..

  • Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard

    Tuesday, 22nd March 2022

    Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard: Today is a day to unite against evil..

  • 22nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 10th May 2007

    Delivered by The Reverend Dr Richard A. Burridge, Dean of King's College London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th May 2007 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • 2nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 21st May 1987

    Delivered by The Rt Revd Simeon Nkoane CR, Assistant Bishop of Johannesburg at King's College London.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2015

    Sunday, 9th August 2015

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022

    Sunday, 9th January 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022: You are precious in my sight, and honoured, and I love you. I was fortunate to be.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2023

    Sunday, 5th February 2023

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday before Lent 2023: Scripture is full of strange phrases. Scripture is full of strange phrases. A repeated trope we hear throughout the Prophet Amos.

  • 18th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 8th May 2003

    Delivered by The Reverend Professor Duncan B Forrester, New College, The University of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2003 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 1

    Tuesday, 15th February 2005

    Before I moved to Westminster Abbey, I used to live near an Immigration Detention Centre. Three years ago, just before Christmas, I heard there was no priest working at the Chaplaincy.

  • 17th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 2nd May 2002

    Delivered by The Reverend Mark Oakley, St Paul's Covent Garden at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 2nd May 2002 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2014

    Tuesday, 4th March 2014

    Speaker: The Right Reverend Professor NT Wright, University of St Andrews; Chair: Canon Professor Vernon White

  • Florence Nightingale honoured at Abbey

    Wednesday, 12th May 2010

    A Service to Celebrate the Life of Florence Nightingale in the centennial year of her death was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 12th May 2010.

    Florence Nightingale

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  • Nelson Mandela

    Statesman and Lawyer

    On 18th July 2018 a memorial to Nelson Mandela was unveiled in the nave of Westminster Abbey.

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