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• Sistine Chapel Choir sings at Westminster Abbey

  Wednesday, 3rd June 2015

  The Sistine Chapel Choir visited Westminster Abbey on Saturday 30th May and Sunday 31st May to sing Evensong and perform a recital of sacred choral music.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey Sistine Chapel Choir

• Sistine Chapel Choir joins Abbey Choir for Evensong tonight

  Friday, 25th May 2018

  The Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’ (Sistine Chapel Choir) joins the Choir of Westminster Abbey in singing Evensong today at 5.00 pm.

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• Requiem Mass Marks Start of Lady Chapel Festival

  Friday, 22nd April 2016

  The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, celebrated Requiem Mass in the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on Thursday 21st April 2016, the Anniversary of the Death of King Henry VII.

  Lady Chapel Requiem Mass Henry VII 500 Years of Wonder

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2018

  Thursday, 1st November 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2018: May we all be encouraged by the saints to become ourselves fully. Forty years ago today I was licensed by the Bishop.

• Queen’s Organ dedicated in Lady Chapel

  Wednesday, 6th November 2013

  His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex attended the dedication of a new organ in Westminster Abbey’s Lady Chapel on Tuesday 5th November.

  Royal Visit HRH The Earl of Wessex Queen's organ

• 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.

  Architecture

• Vestments and frontals

  The Abbey uses many different vestments and altar hangings during the year.

  Christianity

• Sermon at Evensong with Installation of Headmaster and Admission of Choristers

  Sunday, 8th September 2019

  Sermon at Evensong with Installation of Headmaster and Admission of Choristers: Generations to come will look back at the music of our rich and creative times. It has been a pleasure this.

• The Abbey and the Royal Family

  British kings and queens have forged a strong bond with Westminster Abbey. Since 1066 every British monarch, except two, has been crowned here.

  Royalty

• Recent developments

  As we make changes forced upon us we have had to think deeply about our resources and our priorities. Our resources are very much reduced.

• History of Westminster Abbey

  An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey houses tombs and memorials to kings and queens and the famous and the great.

• Chapel reveals old stonework

  Friday, 14th September 2007

  The conservators have discovered a discarded fragment of stonework in the Chapel of St John the Baptist.

  St John the Baptist conservation

• One People Oration 2019

  Monday, 21st October 2019

  There are many churches and cathedrals in the world, some of which are more beautiful, more ancient, more glorious than Westminster Abbey.

  One People Oration

• Abbey gardens

  College Garden, within the walls of the Abbey, has been in cultivation for over 900 years. It was used to grow food and medicinal herbs.

• L is for Lady Chapel

  Discover over 1,000 years of faith and history with our brand-new A to Z of Westminster Abbey. Perfect for primary-aged children, and their accompanying adults, these independent and team activities are designed to spark creativity, ignite imaginations and keep young brains ticking, with little or no materials required. Letter-by-letter, uncover the many places, themes and beliefs that can be found within this national place of worship. What are you waiting for?

• The Royal Air Force Chapel

  Westminster Abbey is a treasure house of paintings, stained glass, textiles and artefacts – and is also where some significant people are buried or remembered.

• Two Knights Grand Cross installed in Bath Chapel 

  Tuesday, 11th July 2023

  Two Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath were installed in the Abbey's Lady Chapel on 10 July 2023.

• Four Knights Grand Cross installed in Bath chapel

  Tuesday, 20th July 2021

  Four Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath were installed in the Abbey’s Lady Chapel on Monday 19th July..

• Florence Nightingale & Nurses' chapel

  Nurse

  The Nurses' Memorial Chapel, in the upper Islip chantry chapel, was re-dedicated to Florence Nightingale, on the centenary of her death.

• Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir to sing at Abbey

  Monday, 7th May 2018

  The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir sings at Evensong at the Abbey today, Monday 7th May as the finale of their European tour – a rare opportunity to hear one of Europe’s finest cathedral choirs, and music from the Danish choral tradition including works by Waldemar Åhlén, David Sandstrøm and Carl Nielsen.