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The Feast of St Michael and All Angels
The Abbey Choir enjoys a recording partnership with Hyperion. Its catalogue includes music for the great feasts, as well as Renaissance masterpieces and twentieth-century classics.
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Dean of Westminster to celebrate 40 years as a priest
Tuesday, 21st June 2016
On Monday 4th July at 5.00 pm the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, will preside at a Sung Eucharist in Westminster Abbey to mark the 40th anniversary of his ordination as a priest.
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St Edward's life and legacy
During Edwardtide, we celebrate the life of St Edward the Confessor, King of England 1042–1066 and the re-founder of Westminster Abbey.
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Sermon Given at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace, Good Friday 2017
Friday, 14th April 2017
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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The Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon of Westminster and Rector of St Margaret’s Church, gives The Sermon
The annual Judges Service took place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 3rd October 2016.
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Abbey to light up red for 25th anniversary of Modern Martyrs
Thursday, 6th July 2023
The Abbey’s west front will be floodlit in blood red as the sun goes down on the evening of Saturday 8th July to mark the eve of the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the modern martyrs.
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Fraternité talk: Lilies and Roses - The Tudor Court and France
Thursday, 16th May 2024
Join Alison Weir and Sarah Gristwood in conversation as they explore the dynamic relationship between the courts of Tudor England and Renaissance France.
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Celebrating the Commonwealth
Celebrating Commonwealth Day, one of the most important dates in the Abbey's year.
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Inventory of St Edward the Confessor’s Shrine
Two 13th century manuscripts go on display in our Galleries as part of celebrations to mark the 750th anniversary of the rebuilding of the church.
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A reading of St Matthew 5: 1–12
A National Scout and Guide Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving was held at Westminster Abbey at Noon on Saturday 3rd November 2018.
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The Prince of Wales reads St John 15: 9-15
The Queen and Frank-Walter Steinmeier The President of Germany attended A Service to mark the Centenary of the Armistice at Westminster Abbey.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2021
Sunday, 14th February 2021
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Sunday next before Lent 2021: For St Peter it doesn’t get much better than Moses and Elijah. ‘Let us make three dwellings’, said Peter,.
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Truth in the Public Square
Lecture given by Claire Foster-Gilbert, Westminster Abbey Institute, at the 2015 conference of the Newbigin House of Studies Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 15th July 2015.
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Sermon given at Festival of Our Lady of Walsingham Solemn Eucharist
Saturday, 4th May 2019
Into this great Abbey church - burial site of kings, the place of coronations - we have just carried a penniless peasant girl from Nazareth.
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Abbey Sub-Dean appointed Dean of Durham
Thursday, 17th December 2015
The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Sub-Dean of Westminster and Rector of St Margaret's Church, has been appointed Dean of Durham. He will take up his new post at Durham Cathedral in the summer. He succeeds the Very Reverend Michael Sadgrove who retired in September.
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Abbey opens to visitors after longest closure since 1953 Coronation
Tuesday, 7th July 2020
Visitors will be welcomed back to Westminster Abbey on 11th July, after closure due to the coronavirus pandemic – the longest period of time it has been closed to visitors since the coronation.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018
Sunday, 10th June 2018
Sermon at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2018: The extraordinary truth is that the grace of God abounds in the ordinary for us all, whether we know it or not..
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Jane Sinclair was installed as a Canon of Westminster in 2014
The Abbey today mourns the loss of The Reverend Jane Sinclair, former Rector of St Margaret’s and Canon of Westminster, who has died.
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Andrew Nethsingha appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers
Tuesday, 5th July 2022
Andrew Nethsingha, currently Director of Music at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, has been appointed the new Organist and Master of Choristers at Westminster Abbey.
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The Right Reverend Christopher Herbert, former Bishop of St Albans, gives the Address
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, Patron, attended a service of celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of The Arts Society at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 16th May 2018.