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• Vaughan Williams, Tavener & MacMillan: Choral works

  From established works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir John Tavener to premiere recordings of recent commissions by Sir James MacMillan, this new release brings together iconic pieces with strong musical and historical ties to the Abbey.

• Pyx Chamber

  The Pyx Chamber is one of the oldest surviving parts of Westminster Abbey. This room in the east cloister is part of the Undercroft which was built about 1070.

  Architecture

• Holy Saturday

  Saturday, 19th April 2025

  Today, the Church sits in silence, remembering Christ's body being laid in the tomb. The Reverend Catherine Williams considers the meaning of this day of prayer and reflection.

• Retable

  The Westminster Retable is England's oldest altarpiece. It is acknowledged to be amongst the most important surviving examples of panel painting from 13th century England.

  Art Christianity

• Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Lent 2022

  Sunday, 20th March 2022

  Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Lent 2022: The story of Jacob’s ladder is one which has a fascinating reception history. On Christmas Day 1950, a remarkable theft was.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of Corpus Christi 2018

  Thursday, 31st May 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of Corpus Christi 2018: Might it have been said to Jesus, "Wonderful, Master, but what does it mean?" There is a story about the composer Robert Schumann..

• Cosmati Pavement

  The Cosmati Pavement was laid down in 1268 by order of Henry III who had started re-building the Abbey in the new Gothic style.

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Easter Day 2023

  Sunday, 9th April 2023

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Easte Day 2023: Every broken fragment can now know healing in the light of Easter. The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has a new.

• Sermon Given at Matins on the Sunday Next Before Lent 2015

  Sunday, 15th February 2015

  Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.

• Oil paintings

  Several interesting oil paintings hang within Westminster Abbey or form part of its decoration. Most have been presented to the Abbey.

• Sermon given at the Festival Eucharist in the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor

  Saturday, 16th October 2021

  Sermon given at the Festival Eucharist in the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor: When in 2007 we came to refurbish the shrine of Hereford’s own saint, Thomas.

• Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2017

  Sunday, 25th June 2017

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

• Address given at the Funeral of Dame Beulah Bewley

  Tuesday, 13th February 2018

  Address given by The Reverend Ralph Godsall, Priest Vicar.

  Dame Beulah Bewley

• Abbey bells

  Westminster Abbey now has ten bells which are rung on church festivals and for royal and other occasions.

• 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.

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

  Sunday, 13th September 2015

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

• Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on Maundy Thursday 2016

  Thursday, 24th March 2016

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

• Sermon at Ascension Day 2019

  Thursday, 30th May 2019

  We celebrate today the last of our Lord’s resurrection appearances.

  Ascension Day

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2021

  Sunday, 21st November 2021

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the feast of Christ the King 2021: Pax Christi in regno Christi—‘the peace of Christ in the kingdom of Christ’. In January 1922, Pope Benedict.

• Sermon given at a Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2023

  Sunday, 1st October 2023

  Sermon given at a Sung Eucharist on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity 2023: Looking for just one thing. We had a lot of bishops here on Friday. The Archbishop of Canterbury was.