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  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 4th September 2016

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 2016: The Church in Parliament Square ‘Choose life’ says Moses to the Israelites. As they prepare to enter their promised land,.

  • 20th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 12th May 2005

    Delivered by The Reverend Nicholas Holtam, Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 12th May 2005 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2023

    Sunday, 3rd September 2023

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2023: How will you engage in community with others in the Church? In the name of the Father, and of.

  • One People Oration 2002

    Monday, 17th June 2002

    Speaker: Lord Carey of Clifton (then Archbishop of Canterbury)

  • Sermon at a Meditation for Holy Week 2021

    Monday, 29th March 2021

    Sermon at a Meditation for Holy Week 2021: The beginning of the Church is often ascribed to Pentecost and the sending of the Holy Spirit.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2019

    Sunday, 10th February 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2019: An apostolic Church Some years ago I enjoyed a wonderful summer holiday with a group of friends in the south-west.

  • Celebrating the re-building of Westminster Abbey 1269 in the presence of HM The Queen

    Tuesday, 15th October 2019

    Our celebration today marks a particular moment in the long history of this Abbey Church.

    750th anniversary Special Service

  • Sermon preached at a Service to mark the opening of the Legal Year in England and Wales

    Tuesday, 1st October 2024

    May the wisdom of God 'enter your heart and protect you with understanding'.

  • 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.

  • Reflection: Third Sunday of Lent

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Read or listen to the reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent 2024.

  • A history of coronations

    Westminster Abbey has been Britain’s coronation church since 1066, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II. King Charles III will be crowned on 6th May 2023.

    Royalty Coronations

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist of the Feast of the Epiphany 2024

    Saturday, 6th January 2024

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist of the Feast of the Epiphany 2024: The challenge for the Church is to acknowledge, to welcome, the insight of outsiders. In former generations this mystery.

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

    Sunday, 6th April 2025

    ‘No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known’.

  • A royal church

    A royal church in the centre of London offering services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.

  • Our history

    History of St Margaret's: It may seem surprising to find another large church standing so close to the might and magnificence of Westminster Abbey. Why was an additional church needed in such.

  • One People Oration 2022

    Tuesday, 22nd November 2022

    One People Oration 2022:.

  • Worship and daily life

    In this virtual tour, twelve objects are explored which have all played a part in the Abbey’s worshipping life. Some still remain in use.

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