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Reflection: Fourth Sunday of Lent
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2024.
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Reflection: Maundy Thursday
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for Maundy Thursday
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Reflection: Good Friday
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for Good Friday
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Reflection: Holy Saturday
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for Holy Saturday
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Reflection: Easter Day
Monday, 1st January 0001
Read or listen to the reflection for Easter Day
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Our mission and values
We see ourselves as a living symbol of faith at the heart of the nation. Our main purpose is to be a working inclusive church.
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John Hall installed as new Dean of Westminster
Saturday, 2nd December 2006
In a ceremony which drew on the historic origins of the post, he became responsible for day-to-day management and worship at Westminster Abbey, one of the best-known churches in the world.
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A Reflection on isolation
Friday, 27th March 2020
Now, suddenly solitary, with a wife who is a head teacher in Bristol, it is time to get over myself.
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Westminster Abbey is open to visitors once again
Friday, 21st May 2021
From today, Westminster Abbey will be open on selected days to visitors, following the further easing of lockdown restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Free entry to the Abbey for NHS staff as summer visiting hours are announced
Friday, 25th June 2021
NHS staff will be able to visit Westminster Abbey for free from July onwards. The gesture to NHS staff is an acknowledgment of all their hard work during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Lent 2015
Sunday, 22nd February 2015
Sermon given by The Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Minor Canon and Precentor.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2016
Sunday, 24th July 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend David Stanton, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent 2019
Sunday, 15th December 2019
Sermon at Evensong on the Third Sunday of Advent 2019: Here, in this country, we are in changing, exciting, and challenging times. Well, what a momentous political week! You may have already.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2021
Sunday, 2nd May 2021
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2021: Jesus said, Abide in me… I am the Vine, you are the branches. Jesus said, Abide in me… I am.
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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022
Sunday, 9th January 2022
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the festival of the Baptism of Christ, 2022: You are precious in my sight, and honoured, and I love you. I was fortunate to be.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2016
Sunday, 27th November 2016
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday of Advent 2016: The Bird of Paradise “Driving last year in the red wilderness of Australia’s Great Sandy Desert, again and again I.
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Henry VIII
Musician
The coronation of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon took place in the Abbey on 24th June 1509. He is buried at Windsor.
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Charles Darwin
Scientist and Writer
Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist, is buried in the north aisle of the nave of Westminster Abbey, not far from Sir Isaac Newton. His memorial is by J.E. Boehm.
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Joseph Addison
Poet and Playwright
In Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey is a marble statue of Joseph Addison, poet and essayist, by the sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott, erected in 1809.
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John Gay
Poet and Playwright
John Gay, poet and dramatist, was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. His monument was moved to the triforium and can be seen there.