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  • Handel Jephtha performed by the Westminster Abbey Choir and St James

    Friday, 18th June 2004

    Handel's last oratorio, Jephtha, written in 1751 as the composer's health was failing was both moving and magnificent against the background of the Nave of Westminster Abbey.

    Choir

  • Westminster Abbey to honour former Prime Minister Harold Wilson

    Friday, 21st December 2012

    Westminster Abbey is to honour former Prime Minister Lord Wilson of Rievaulx with a memorial stone to be dedicated in 2013.

    Harold Wilson Memorial dedication

  • Westminster Abbey welcomes St Woolos Choir

    Friday, 30th April 2004

    Westminster Abbey welcomes visiting choirs to sing the daily services when the Abbey choir is on holiday.

    St Woolos Choir

  • Royal Christmas Carol Service to take place at Westminster Abbey

    Friday, 4th November 2022

    Royal Christmas Carol Service to take place at Westminster Abbey: The Princess of Wales will return to Westminster Abbey to host a special Christmas carol service on Thursday 15th December. The service.

    Royal Visit Christmas Advent and Christmas

  • Westminster Abbey prays for the health of The Princess of Wales

    Friday, 22nd March 2024

    Everyone at Westminster Abbey wishes The Princess of Wales well following the news of her cancer diagnosis.

  • Summer: Stars and Planets Family Day

    Tuesday, 29th July 2025

    Blast off on a cosmic adventure without leaving Earth! Join us in England’s oldest walled garden to uncover the fascinating links between Westminster Abbey and the universe.

    Events Family Summer at the Abbey

  • New prayer from Westminster Abbey to mark Coronation anniversary

    Tuesday, 2nd April 2013

    To mark the 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II a special prayer has been written by Westminster Abbey.

    HM The Queen Coronation anniversary

  • Abbey to Honour Ted Hughes

    Friday, 19th March 2010

    Westminster Abbey will honour Ted Hughes, one of the most significant poets of the 20th century, with a memorial in Poets’ Corner.

    Ted Hughes

  • Westminster Abbey to install fountain to mark Capability Brown anniversary

    Wednesday, 7th September 2016

    Westminster Abbey will install a fountain in the centre of its principal Cloister to commemorate the tercentenary this year of the birth of Lancelot (Capability) Brown, the great landscape gardener.

    Capability Brown

  • Abbey announces new Dean

    Tuesday, 19th September 2006

    Canon John Hall has been appointed as the new Dean of Westminster.

    Dean of Westminster The Very Reverend Dr John Hall

  • Westminster Abbey sets the scene for official portrait of HM The Queen

    Friday, 28th September 2012

    Australian painter Ralph Heimans has chosen Westminster Abbey as the location for an official portrait of Her Majesty The Queen in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee.

    Ralph Heimans

  • Westminster Abbey marks Holocaust Memorial Day

    Monday, 27th January 2025

    Westminster Abbey has today joined landmarks around the UK in marking Holocaust Memorial Day.

    Auschwitz Anniversary

  • Westminster Abbey Marks 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

    Tuesday, 31st October 2017

    A service to mark the 500th anniversary of the 95 Theses and the start of the Reformation was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Tuesday 31st October 2017.

    Special Service

  • Westminster Abbey Celebrates the Life of The Lord Attenborough

    Tuesday, 17th March 2015

    A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of The Lord Attenborough CBE was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Tuesday 17th March 2015.

    Richard Attenborough

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    Azt szeretnénk, hogy az apátság meglátogatása biztonságos és élvezetes legyen, ezért hasznos tippeket kínálunk, hogy megtervezhesse látogatását.

  • The President of the Republic of Poland visits Westminster Abbey

    Thursday, 6th May 2004

    As part of the State Visit to the UK, His Excellency, The President of the Republic of Poland, Mr Aleksander Kwasniewski and Madame Jolanta Kwasniewska visited Westminster Abbey on 6th May to lay a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

    State Visit

  • Westminster Abbey to celebrate HM The Queen’s reign with Hockney window

    Monday, 21st November 2016

    David Hockney, one of Britain’s most influential contemporary artists, has accepted an invitation from Westminster Abbey to design a stained glass window to celebrate the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

    David Hockney

  • Westminster Abbey Marks Centenary of Lady Margaret School

    Tuesday, 17th October 2017

    Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra attended a Service to Celebrate the Centenary of Lady Margaret School at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 17th October 2017.

    HRH Princess Alexandra

  • Westminster Abbey joins nation to mark 80th anniversary of VE Day

    Wednesday, 5th March 2025

    A service to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) will take place at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2025.

    VE Day Second World War

  • Sir Mark Rylance returns to Westminster Abbey

    Thursday, 4th January 2018

    Sir Mark Rylance will return to Westminster Abbey with a company of actors bringing the words of William Shakespeare to life for six special performances in April.

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