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Hatton Family
Statesman
The large monument to Sir Christopher Hatton is now in the triforium, having being moved from the lower Islip chapel. He and his wife Alice are both buried just outside this area .
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2023
Sunday, 5th November 2023
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Advent 2023: Many of us don’t love ourselves nearly enough. The greatest love of all, according to George Benson, later Whitney.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 19th June 2016
Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.
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Sermons
Transcripts of sermons given at recent Abbey services. They deal with current theological issues, religion and world events, and the interpretation of biblical texts.
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Sermon Given at Evensong on the Second Sunday before Advent 2016
Sunday, 13th November 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend Christopher Pullin, Canon Chancellor, Hereford Cathedral.
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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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One People Oration 2000
Monday, 10th July 2000
Speaker: General Sir Michael Rose
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Sermon in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, on Good Friday 2019
Friday, 19th April 2019
Sermon in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace on Good Friday 2019: The passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ stand at the centre of our historic inheritance in this country..
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30th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 21st May 2015
The Reverend Lucy Winkett asks what can the Church say about the Christian requirement for mercy as a public value? Is the quest for purity as damaging as it is noble? Do our public conversations confuse sincerity with truth? And is there any such thing as innocence?
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on The Day of Pentecost 2015
Sunday, 24th May 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon Given at the First Eucharist of Christmas 2015
Thursday, 24th December 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2017
Sunday, 5th February 2017
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon Given on Ascension Day 2017
Thursday, 25th May 2017
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Epiphany 2022
Sunday, 23rd January 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Epiphany 2022: There is a difficult balance to be maintained between day to day duties, and the wider concerns of society. Last Wednesday.
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Edmund, Earl of Lancaster and Aveline de Forz
Soldier
Prince Edmund "Crouchback", Earl of Lancaster and Aveline de Forz were the first royal couple to be married in the newly built Westminster Abbey. Both are also buried in the church.
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2nd Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 21st May 1987
Delivered by The Rt Revd Simeon Nkoane CR, Assistant Bishop of Johannesburg at King's College London.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Third Sunday of Lent 2015
Sunday, 8th March 2015
Sermon given by The Venerable Andrew Tremlett, Canon in Residence.
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One People Oration 2019
Monday, 21st October 2019
There are many churches and cathedrals in the world, some of which are more beautiful, more ancient, more glorious than Westminster Abbey.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2019
Sunday, 10th February 2019
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fourth Sunday before Lent 2019: An apostolic Church Some years ago I enjoyed a wonderful summer holiday with a group of friends in the south-west.
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18th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 8th May 2003
Delivered by The Reverend Professor Duncan B Forrester, New College, The University of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th May 2003 and subsequently at Keble College, Oxford.