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  • 24th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 14th May 2009

    Delivered by The Reverend Professor Alister E. McGrath, Professor of Theology, Ministry & Education King's College London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 14th May 2009.

  • 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.

  • Lessons and Carols prize draw 2024 - terms and conditions

    Please see complete terms and conditions regarding the the prize draw for tickets to the Service of Lessons and Carols services taking.

  • Reflection: Palm Sunday

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Read or listen to the reflection for Palm Sunday

  • Our Lady of Pew

    The Society of Our Lady of Pew venerates the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, and regularly holds Mass and retreats in the Abbey.

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2024

    Sunday, 4th August 2024

    For millennia, humans have burrowed deep, searching for what is useful, beautiful, valuable, and meaningful.

  • Palm Sunday

    Sunday, 13th April 2025

    The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival, Minor Canon and Sacrist at the Abbey, reflects on the Arma Christi, the symbols of Christ’s passion, on the High Altar’s Lenten array.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Second Sunday of Easter 2017

    Sunday, 23rd April 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend Tony Kyriakides, Priest Vicar.

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022

    Sunday, 13th February 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022: “What will you be satisfied with?” Last year was the 700th anniversary of the death of the great Florentine.

  • Sermon at Matins on Christmas Day 2016

    Sunday, 25th December 2016

    Sermon at Matins on Christmas Day 2016: What’s in a name? What’s in a name? The famous quotation from Shakespeare assures us that a rose by any other name would smell as.

  • 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 Evensong on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2019

    Sunday, 7th April 2019

    Sermon at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2019: Today is the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end Today we mark the beginning of Passiontide and it.

  • Sermon given at Evensong on Palm Sunday 2019

    Sunday, 14th April 2019

    Sermon given at Evensong on Palm Sunday 2019: Above all, this coming week is all about grace. Today is Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week, the week in which we.

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2010

    Monday, 29th November 2010

    A discussion chaired by Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon Theologian, Westminster Abbey with Ms Eithne D’Auria, Professor Norman Doe, Professor Mark Hill QC and Reverend Professor Aidan McGrath OFM

  • A Reflection for the First Sunday of Christmas: God who is being revealed to us

    Sunday, 29th December 2024

    Ponder the meaning of young Jesus' teaching in the temple with The Reverend Amanda Bourne in a reflection for the First Sunday of Christmas.

  • Feast of the Epiphany Reflection: God made manifest

    Sunday, 5th January 2025

    Join The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, on the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord, as he explores why Christ’s birth matters.

  • Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on Christmas Day 2018

    Tuesday, 25th December 2018

    The heart of the joy of Christmas gives almost universal pleasure.

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

    Sunday, 30th July 2023

    Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2023: Our life and our work can be given the dignity of revealing something of the kingdom of heaven. The.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Sunday Next Before Lent 2015

    Sunday, 15th February 2015

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2015

    Sunday, 20th December 2015

    Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon Theologian.

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