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Sermon Given at Evensong of the Day of Pentecost 2017
Sunday, 4th June 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity
Sunday, 29th July 2018
Sermon at Evensong on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity: Throughout the year, at Morning Prayer and at Evensong, we hear readings read from both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Throughout.
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Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard
Tuesday, 22nd March 2022
Address given at a Service of Commemoration to mark the 5th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and in New palace Yard: Today is a day to unite against evil..
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Sermon at Matins on Christmas Day 2016
Sunday, 25th December 2016
Sermon at Matins on Christmas Day 2016: What’s in a name? What’s in a name? The famous quotation from Shakespeare assures us that a rose by any other name would smell as.
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Samuel and Henrietta Barnett
Priest/Minister and Philanthropist
In the south choir aisle is a marble tablet to the memory of Samuel Barnett, Canon of Westminster, and his wife Dame Henrietta Barnett.
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Reflection: Third Sunday of Advent
Monday, 1st January 0001
Watch or read the reflection from the Third Sunday in Advent, Turning towards hope
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Reflection: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Monday, 1st January 0001
Watch or read the reflection from the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Mary - Let it be
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Elizabeth Woodville
Elizabeth Woodville is buried with her husband King Edward IV at St George's chapel, Windsor, but she took Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey on two occasions.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the Day of Pentecost 2016
Sunday, 15th May 2016
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2018
Sunday, 5th August 2018
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2018: What is the fantasy business you would set up if you could give up your day-job and throw caution to.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018
Sunday, 28th October 2018
Sermon at Evensong on the Last Sunday after Trinity 2018: Vanity of vanities Last year one of my nephews came to stay with me for a couple of months whilst he was.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019
Sunday, 22nd September 2019
Sermon at Evensong on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 2019: Lancelot Andrewes Next Wednesday the Church of England remembers Lancelot Andrewes. Among a number of significant appointments he became Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon preached at the Anzac Day Service 2024
Thursday, 25th April 2024
Our salvation is to remember and to hope.
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Henry and Millicent Fawcett
Philanthropist and Statesman
In the chapel of St George, near the west door, is a joint memorial to Henry Fawcett, politician, and his wife Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett.
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Westminster Abbey sends condolences to His Majesty The King on the death of Queen Elizabeth II
Thursday, 8th September 2022
The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle OBE, has sent his condolences to His Majesty The King and the Royal Family upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II, on behalf of all at Westminster Abbey.
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Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023
Friday, 13th October 2023
Sermon preached on the feast of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor, 2023: This is an astonishing place, and today we honour the Saint whose gift it is. On this day,.
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Henry VI
Henry VI was crowned in Westminster Abbey in 1429 aged 8. He has a modern statue in the Lady Chapel.
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Benjamin Britten
Musician and Composer
In the north choir (or Musicians) aisle in Westminster Abbey is a memorial stone to Benjamin Britten, musician and composer. It was unveiled in 1978.
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Thomas, Margaret and Richard Blagrave
Musician
Thomas Blagrave, musician and singer, was buried in the north cloister but he has no monument. His wife Margaret was buried next to him.
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Sir Thomas Vaughan
Soldier and Diplomat
The tomb of Sir Thomas Vaughan, died 1483, is in St John the Baptist's chapel. A Purbeck marble tomb chest stands in an arched canopy.