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• One People Oration 2002

  Monday, 17th June 2002

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Sermon given at Evensong with the Installation of Dr David Michael Hoyle as Dean of the Collegiate Church of St Peter in Westminster

  Saturday, 16th November 2019

  A month ago, the Abbey celebrated – 750 years. Which makes the Abbey older than Amsterdam.

• 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.

• Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2023

  Thursday, 18th May 2023

  Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on Ascension Day 2023: Ascension Day declares the primary task of the Church universal, its true vocation. Ascension Day declares the primary task of the Church.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2018

  Sunday, 2nd December 2018

  Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2018: Today we start the new Church Year with the beginning of a new season of Advent. Today we start the.

• Overview tour

  In this virtual tour, you can take your pupils on a 360 degree journey around the nation’s coronation church.

• Sermon given at the Dedication Festival Sung Eucharist

  Sunday, 20th October 2019

  Today, we celebrate the anniversary of the dedication of this third Abbey Church, which took place 750 years ago last Sunday.

  Edwardtide

• Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2023

  Sunday, 8th January 2023

  Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2023: We, the Church, have been entrusted with a message to rebalance our brains, and save our souls. Sermon at Evensong on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019

  Sunday, 15th September 2019

  Sermon at Evensong on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019: Dr Edward Bouverie Pusey, who fought for the soul of our beloved Church of England. This morning a service of thanksgiving to.

• 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.

• Our mission and values

  We see ourselves as a living symbol of faith at the heart of the nation. Our main purpose is to be a working inclusive church.

• Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter

  Sunday, 11th April 2021

  Eight years ago in a parish in Winchester, after the Easter Vigil, I was greeting folk at the Church door.

• Sermon at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018

  Sunday, 30th September 2018

  Sermon at Evensong on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: The Church mediates to all people, not least those who have been dealt the toughest cards. The contaminated blood scandal inquiry, which.

• Vestments and frontals

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

  Christianity

• Royal tombs

  Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of many kings and queens, starting with King Edward the Confessor whose shrine stands just behind the High Altar.

  Royalty

• 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.

  Coronations