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  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2018

    Sunday, 20th May 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2018: Let us pray that the Holy Spirit of God will uplift us and transform us. It was summer. August in Milan.

  • Sermon at a service to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior

    Wednesday, 11th November 2020

    Come Holy Spirit and fill our hearts afresh with the fire of your love.

  • Sermon at Evensong on the Day of Pentecost 2018

    Sunday, 20th May 2018

    Sermon at Evensong on the Day of Pentecost 2018: "Together we form the temple of the Holy Spirit." Today, fifty days after Easter, we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost and we rejoice.

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2025

    Sunday, 17th August 2025

    They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy Mountain.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2019

    Thursday, 15th August 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2019: It’s not just about being good, it’s about becoming holy. Today, brothers and sisters, we celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary, the.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2019

    Sunday, 10th March 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2019: Lent 2019 is an exciting, but testing time to live the holy life. Lent 2019 is an exciting,.

  • Sermon at Evensong on Easter Day 2019

    Sunday, 21st April 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on Easter Day 2019: One of the most enduring images of this last week was the majestic golden altar cross seen glowing among the ashes of Notre Dame cathedral..

    Easter Day

  • The Sermon preached on the Day of Pentecost 2023

    Sunday, 28th May 2023

    The Sermon preached on the Day of Pentecost 2023: The Holy Spirit is the invitation to all people, in all their diversity, to share in the Power of all our powers. When.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2018

    Sunday, 29th April 2018

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2018: The reassurance of the whole story - but the challenge of our part within it In our age of anxiety (and.

  • Step into Holy Week

    Join us in the beautiful garden of Westminster Abbey to explore the events, people and animals of Holy Week. Suitable for Years 2-6.

  • A reflection for Holy Week

    A reflection for Holy Week by the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster

  • Vestments and frontals

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

    Christianity

  • Sermon Given at Evensong on Palm Sunday 2016

    Sunday, 20th March 2016

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

  • 2nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 21st May 1987

    Delivered by The Rt Revd Simeon Nkoane CR, Assistant Bishop of Johannesburg at King's College London.

  • Ashes of Stephen Hawking buried in the Abbey

    Friday, 15th June 2018

    A Service of Thanksgiving for Stephen Hawking was held at Westminster Abbey on 15th June 2018, during which his ashes were interred in the Nave.

    Stephen Hawking Memorial dedication

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day 2015

    Sunday, 1st November 2015

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

  • 37th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 25th May 2023

    Loretta Minghella talks about Money, Bias and the Geography of the Heart

    Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

  • 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.

  • 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 at the Sung Eucharist of St Michael and All Angels 2019

    Sunday, 29th September 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist of St Michael and All Angels 2019: Why are we all here? Why are we all here? Why are you here? I suppose there may be many.

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