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  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 25th September 2016

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

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity

    Sunday, 30th August 2015

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

  • Sermon Christmas Day 2023

    Monday, 25th December 2023

    Sermon Christmas Day 2023: In the beginning was the Word. Now, I need some room, some leeway. this morning. Perhaps, and please, you might be patient? I do know it is Christmas.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor 2018

    Saturday, 13th October 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor 2018: Nobody lights a lamp in order to hide it. They put it on.

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday after Trinity 2018

    Sunday, 3rd June 2018

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday after Trinity 2018: How can we learn again, what it means to live in a rhythm of work and rest? In Canary Wharf.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on All Saints’ Day 2017

    Wednesday, 1st November 2017

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

  • Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple 2019

    Friday, 1st February 2019

    Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Eve of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple 2019: Everything comes together when we think not of the sacrifice of animals but of the.

  • Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on All Souls' Day 2016

    Wednesday, 2nd November 2016

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

  • Sermon Given at Matins on the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity 2016

    Sunday, 11th September 2016

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

  • The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II

    Monday, 19th September 2022

    The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II: The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II was held at Westminster Abbey at 11:00am on Monday 19th September 2022. Before the service, the.

    State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II Special Service HM The Queen

  • The Funeral of Tony Benn

    Wednesday, 26th March 2014

    The funeral of Labour former Cabinet minister Tony Benn took place at St Margaret’s Church Westminster Abbey on Thursday 27th March 2014.

    Tony Benn funeral

  • Order of Service for the State Funeral published

    Sunday, 18th September 2022

    Buckingham Palace this evening published the Order of Service for the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, which will be held in Westminster Abbey tomorrow (Monday 19th September 2022).

  • Westminster Abbey marks Blind Veterans UK Centenary

    Tuesday, 6th October 2015

    The Lord Mayor of Westminster, Councillor The Lady Flight, attended a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Centenary of Blind Veterans UK at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Tuesday 6th October 2015. The National Anthem was sung.

    Blind Veterans UK

  • Abbey staff honoured for role in The Late Queen’s funeral

    Monday, 27th March 2023

    Three members of the Abbey staff have been honoured for their role in the funeral of The Late Queen last September.

  • Funeral benefactor

    When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.

  • The Queen’s funeral to be held at Westminster Abbey

    Saturday, 10th September 2022

    Buckingham Palace has announced that the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will be held at Westminster Abbey at 11am on Monday 19th September.

  • Funeral

    the bells of St Margaret's Church will be rung half-muffled at about 12.30 pm following a funeral

  • The funeral of the Right Honourable Jeremy Thorpe

    Wednesday, 17th December 2014

    The funeral of the former Leader of the Liberal Party, the Right Honourable Jeremy Thorpe, took place at St Margaret's Church, Westminster Abbey, on Wednesday 17th December 2014.

    Jeremy Thorpe

  • Latest 3D technology reveals secrets of Henry VII's funeral effigy head

    Monday, 17th February 2025

    Westminster Abbey is undertaking a new project using the latest 3D technology to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII - the first Tudor monarch and the father of Henry VIII.

  • Funeral procession

    In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.

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