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  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2018

    Sunday, 11th February 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2018: Transfiguration and the meaning of glory.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 25th June 2017

    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.

  • 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 Sung Eucharist of the Baptism of Christ 2017

    Sunday, 8th January 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon Treasurer and Almoner.

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the First Sunday after Trinity 2017

    Sunday, 18th June 2017

    Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton Canon in Residence.

  • 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

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on St Peter's Day 2016

    Wednesday, 29th June 2016

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

  • Sir John Major gives One People Oration

    Monday, 13th November 2017

    Sir John Major gave the annual One People Oration at Westminster Abbey on 6th November, peaking on the theme The Responsibilities of Democracy.

    One People Oration

  • Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Lent 2022

    Sunday, 20th March 2022

    Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Lent 2022: The story of Jacob’s ladder is one which has a fascinating reception history. On Christmas Day 1950, a remarkable theft was.

  • Sermon preached at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2023

    Sunday, 24th December 2023

    Sermon preached at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2023: The Incarnation of Jesus Christ is not a myth. It’s a very particular sound-world. At Christmas, in the villages surrounding Rome, you can.

  • Commonwealth Secretary-General gives One People Oration

    Friday, 11th March 2011

    His Excellency Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General gave the One People Oration at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th March 2011.

  • 33rd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 24th May 2018

    Speaker: The Reverend Richard Coles FKC, Vicar of Finedon, Northamptonshire

  • Royal Weddings

    When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were married at Westminster Abbey in April 2011, they followed a long line of British royal weddings.

    Royalty

  • 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.

    Architecture Christianity

  • One People Oration: Dignity and Poverty

    Tuesday, 28th November 2023

    Dame Clare Moriarty, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice, gives this year’s One People Oration.

    Westminster Abbey Institute

  • The Charles Gore Lecture 2005 No. 1

    Tuesday, 15th February 2005

    Before I moved to Westminster Abbey, I used to live near an Immigration Detention Centre. Three years ago, just before Christmas, I heard there was no priest working at the Chaplaincy.

  • Address at the dedication of a memorial to Owen and Henry Chadwick

    Thursday, 1st February 2018

    Address given by Professor Eamon Duffy, Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Cambridge

  • 13th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture

    Thursday, 7th May 1998

    Delivered by Canon Eric James FKC at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 7th May 1998 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.

  • Where does wise leadership come from?

    In our parliamentary democracy, leaders are not only elected by the people, they are themselves drawn from the people.

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