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  • Sermon given at Midnight Mass, Christmas 2019

    Tuesday, 24th December 2019

    It is my first Christmas in the Abbey, I have been here a month. Kind people keep asking me if I am looking forward to my first Christmas here.

    Midnight Mass

  • Reflection: Fourth Sunday of Advent

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Watch or read the reflection from the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Mary - Let it be

  • Crib

    The Christmas Crib figures at Westminster Abbey were carved at Oberammergau in 1965.

    Christianity

  • Advent and Christmas

    Celebrate Advent and Christmas with us.

  • Advent and Christmas

    Christmas is one of the most special festivals in the Christian calendar. Make yourself comfortable as you explore the story of Jesus' birth and create Christmas crafts to bring festive cheer to your home. Enjoy weekly over advent or indulge in one sitting and take a moment to think about what the Christmas story means to you.

  • Reflection: Second Sunday of Advent

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Read or watch the reflection from the Second Sunday in Advent 2023, Making a good beginning

  • Reflection: Third Sunday of Advent

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Watch or read the reflection from the Third Sunday in Advent, Turning towards hope

  • Reflection: First Sunday of Advent

    Monday, 1st January 0001

    Read or watch the reflection from the First Sunday in Advent 2023, Facing the mess

  • Full Abbey for Christmas Services

    Tuesday, 4th January 2011

    Christmas services at Westminster Abbey attracted near-capacity congregations to the Abbey church this year.

    Christmas

  • Christmas special for Abbey documentary series

    Tuesday, 6th December 2022

    Channel 5 is returning to the Abbey for a Christmas edition of its documentary series, Westminster Abbey: Behind Closed Doors.

  • Christmas Day Sung Eucharist

    Thursday, 25th December 2025

    The main service to celebrate Christmas morning. It includes the singing of Christmas Carols, music from the Abbey Choir, a sermon and Holy Communion.

    Advent

  • Advent II: What are we hoping for?

    Sunday, 7th December 2025

    The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, talks about the traditional themes of Advent and how Isaiah helps us identify our hopes for God's future.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on Trinity Sunday 2024

    Sunday, 26th May 2024

    God is the great three-one, Maker, Redeemer, Sanctifier.

  • Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Baptism of Christ 2025

    Sunday, 12th January 2025

    In the font we learn that water is thicker than blood.

  • Christmas tree returns to North Green

    Tuesday, 7th December 2010

    A 25-foot illuminated Christmas tree now welcomes visitors to Westminster Abbey’s Great North Door and to St Margaret’s Church.

    Christmas tree

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Trinity Sunday 2022

    Sunday, 12th June 2022

    Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on Trinity Sunday 2022: The difficulty about that trinitarian doctrine is the difficulty of comprehending a love that goes so deep. For much of the last.

  • Sermon at Evensong of the Baptism of Christ 2020

    Sunday, 12th January 2020

    Sermon at Evensong of the Baptism of Christ 2020: Today, again is Epiphany, today is Theophany. The Baptism of Jesus by John in the River Jordan which we celebrate today is one.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on Ash Wednesday 2016

    Wednesday, 10th February 2016

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

  • Sermon preached at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Advent 2024

    Sunday, 8th December 2024

    What is the spirit of this Advent season?

  • Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on 23rd December 2018

    Sunday, 23rd December 2018

    In but a couple of days’ time the feast will be upon us.

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