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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.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Third Sunday before Lent 2017

    Sunday, 12th February 2017

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

  • Sermon Given at the Judges Service 2017

    Monday, 2nd October 2017

    Sermon given by The Right Reverend Michael Doe Preacher of Gray’s Inn.

  • Sermon given at a National Scout and Guide Service 2018

    Saturday, 3rd November 2018

    Do any of you like to sit quietly at home on a Saturday evening? If you do, it seems you are not.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Lent 2025

    Sunday, 23rd March 2025

    Unless you repent...

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 3rd September 2017

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 2017: The measure of success I first went to Taizé in 1979.  Apart from its glorious countryside and wonderful Burgundian wine,.

  • Misericords

    The word misericord comes from the Latin misericordia, meaning pity or mercy. These hinged oak seats in the chapel tip up to form a ledge.

    Art

  • Oil paintings

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

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  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Advent 2020

    Sunday, 13th December 2020

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday of Advent 2020: Putting right what was wrong. Ten years ago, I was appointed Dean of Bristol.  A friend sent me a.

  • Benedictine monastery

    The monks at Westminster Abbey wore the habit of the Order of St Benedict, who established the Benedictine rules for the monks in about 540AD.

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  • 31st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 26th May 2016

    Roger Scruton, philosopher, public commentator and author, gives the 31st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on the topic of The Sacred, the Profane and the Desecrated.

  • One People Oration 2001

    Monday, 2nd July 2001

    Speaker: Mr Richard Dowden

  • 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.

  • 19th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 27th May 2004

    Delivered by Father Timothy Radcliffe OP at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 27th May 2004 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • 14th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 6th May 1999

    Delivered by The Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 6th May 1999 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • 29th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Friday, 25th July 2014

    The Reverend Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, gives the 29th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture on the topic 'Beyond Justice'.

  • 21st Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 11th May 2006

    Delivered by The Very Reverend Vivienne Faull, Dean of Leicester at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 11th May 2006 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 2

    Wednesday, 28th September 2005

    Charles Gore died in 1932, leaving a daunting legacy for anyone who would presume to lecture in his name.

  • 11th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 9th May 1996

    Delivered by David Hare, Playwright at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 9th May 1996 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

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