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Concert: BACH - St John Passion
Tuesday, 15th April 2025
The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by The English Concert for this Holy Week performance of Bach’s moving Johannes-Passion (St John Passion), sung in German.
Choir of Westminster Abbey event Music Holy Week and Easter Easter
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Concert: Bach St Matthew Passion
Tuesday, 31st March 2026
The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by leading orchestra The English Concert for this Holy Week performance of Bach’s powerful Matthäus-Passion (St Matthew Passion), sung in German.
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New memorial for Ignatius Sancho
Saturday, 14th October 2023
Charles Ignatius Sancho who escaped from a background of slavery and rose to distinction in Georgian London, will be honoured when a new memorial is dedicated in St Margaret’s Church.
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Concert: Gloria!
Saturday, 28th June 2025
Making their concert debut, the St Margaret’s Choristers of Westminster Abbey perform Vivaldi’s perennial favourite with the renowned period instrument ensemble, The English Concert.
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Music at St Margaret's
Find out more about the choir and musical tradition at St. Margaret's Church
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St Mark's Day and Anzac Day
the Abbey bells are rung for following the Anzac Day service at about 1.00 pm, with ringing for St Mark's Day subsumed
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Archbishop Angaelos leads annual Day of Prayer 2023
Wednesday, 4th January 2023
His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London will lead the annual Day of Prayer at Westminster Abbey in St Margaret’s Church on Saturday 28th January.
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Celebrating St Edward
In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.
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Attending a service
People from all over the world visit Westminster Abbey to join our services, which form part of a tradition of daily Christian worship.
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Musicians celebrated at St Cecilia service
Wednesday, 23rd November 2022
A service to Mark the Festival of St Cecilia - the patron saint of music and musicians - was held at Westminster Abbey in conjunction with Help Musicians UK on 23rd November 2022.
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Charles St Clare Bedford
Charles St Clare Bedford, Chapter Clerk at Westminster Abbey 1854-1900 and Coroner for the City of Westminster 1845-1888, is buried in the north cloister.
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A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of The Lord King of Wartnaby
Thursday, 26th October 2006
The Rector of St Margaret's Church, Canon Robert Wright, officiated and gave the Bidding and the Blessing.
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Burke St John Trend
The ashes of Burke St John Trend, Lord Trend of Greenwich and his wife are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey.
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St Oscar Romero
Priest/Minister
A statue to Oscar Romero, modern martyr and saint, was unveiled in July 1998 and stands above the west entrance to Westminster Abbey. Sculptor John Roberts.
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St Maximilian Kolbe
Priest/Minister
St Maximilian Kolbe is one of ten martyrs with a memorial statue above the west door of Westminster Abbey. He offered his own life to save a fellow prisoner in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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The Reverend Tessa Bosworth appointed Minor Canon and Succentor
Wednesday, 4th June 2025
The Reverend Tessa Bosworth, currently Associate Priest at St Paul’s Cathedral, has been appointed Minor Canon and Succentor of Westminster Abbey.
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Charles de St. Denis, Sieur de St. Evremond
Writer and Soldier
Charles de St. Denis, Sieur (or Lord) of St Evremond, soldier and writer, was buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.
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Catherine, Lady St John of Bletso
Catherine, Lady St John of Bletso was buried in Westminster Abbey in March 1615. Her monument had originally shown her two children, Oliver and Anne.
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Lunchtime concert: St Margaret's Consort
Wednesday, 12th June 2024
A musical journey through 500 years of English history.
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Maud Holland, Countess of St Pol
Maud Holland, Countess of St Pol was apparently buried in Westminster Abbey but the location of her grave is unknown.
