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Sermon Given at Matins on the Third Sunday of Lent 2015
Sunday, 8th March 2015
Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2016
Sunday, 17th January 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2018
Sunday, 6th May 2018
Sermon given at Evensong on the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2018: It was once assumed that the internet would make our lives hyper-rational; but we’re constantly distracted, addicted, manipulated, and angry. When.
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Abbey bells
Westminster Abbey now has ten bells which are rung on church festivals and for royal and other occasions.
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The Coronation Chair
The Coronation Chair is one of the most famous pieces of furniture in the world. It has been the centrepiece of coronations for 700 years.
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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.
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34th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 9th May 2019
Sir James MacMillan argues that the search for the sacred did not end with modernity in music and that it has grown and become complex.
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Judges Service 2011
Monday, 3rd October 2011
Roman Catholic judges and lawyers attended the Abbey’s annual Judges Service for the first time this year.
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28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 2nd May 2013
Dame Averil Cameron gives the 28th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on Constantine's Vision and the Church Today - From the Battle of the Milvian Bridge (AD 312) to the twenty-first century.
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27th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 10th May 2012
The well-rehearsed arguments about the establishment of the Church of England require revisiting at a time when the nature of sovereignty and location of power have substantially shifted.
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26th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 26th May 2011
Delivered by Richard Chartres KCVO, Bishop of London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 26th May 2011 and at Keble College, Oxford on Friday 27th May 2011.
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London Mayors attend Evensong
Monday, 17th October 2011
Mayors of the London boroughs attended a service of Evensong at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 16th October 2011 to celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Abbey.
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ANZAC Day Service
Monday, 25th April 2011
The Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Right Honourable John Key, and Mrs Bronagh Key, attended the annual Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving to mark ANZAC Day at Westminster Abbey on Monday 25th April 2011.
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Abbey Remembers Japan Earthquake Victims
Monday, 6th June 2011
HRH The Duke of Gloucester, patron of the Japan Society, attended The Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial Service at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 5 June 2011 at 6.30 pm.
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Dean Preaches in New York
Monday, 13th June 2011
The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, preached the sermon at Solemn Eucharist on the feast of Pentecost, Sunday 12th June 2011, at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, a parish church in the episcopal diocese of New York, NY, United States of America.
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Students fill Abbey to celebrate Nathaniel Woodard
Friday, 25th November 2011
A service to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of educational visionary the Reverend Nathaniel Woodard (21st March 1811 – 25th April 1891) was held in Westminster Abbey on Thursday 24th November 2011.
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Marriage licence of HRH Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton, 2011
Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see Prince William and Catherine Middleton's marriage licence, 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.
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Princess Alexandra Attends Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale
Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, Patron, The Florence Nightingale Foundation, attended A Service to Commemorate the Life of Florence Nightingale on Wednesday 11th May 2011 at Westminster Abbey.
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Obamas visit
When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.
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Abbey Remembers Haiti a Year on from the Earthquake
Monday, 17th January 2011
A Service for Haiti was held at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 16th January 2011 at 6.30 pm.
