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Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022
Sunday, 13th February 2022
Sermon given at the Sung Eucharist on the Third Sunday before Lent 2022: “What will you be satisfied with?” Last year was the 700th anniversary of the death of the great Florentine.
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Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday after Trinity 2023
Sunday, 11th June 2023
Sermon preached at the Sung Eucharist on the First Sunday after Trinity 2023: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ A former Canon of.
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Sermon preached at Evensong on the Second Sunday after Trinity 2024
Sunday, 9th June 2024
To love is to be vulnerable.
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Oil paintings
Several interesting oil paintings hang within Westminster Abbey or form part of its decoration. Most have been presented to the Abbey.
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26th Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture
Thursday, 26th May 2011
Delivered by Richard Chartres KCVO, Bishop of London at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 26th May 2011 and at Keble College, Oxford on Friday 27th May 2011.
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The Choir
The Abbey’s centuries-old musical tradition is maintained by our world-famous choir of men and boys and our four organists.
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RE resources
Welcome to our growing catalogue of free, downloadable teaching resources. Covering a variety of subject areas across multiple key stages, you’ll be able to explore Westminster Abbey in your classroom, wherever you may be.
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Art and architecture
Westminster Abbey was founded in the year 960 AD. Since then there have been three churches on the same site. The current church is 750 years old and full of beautiful statues and windows. Join us to find out about and recreate some of the wonders you would encounter inside.
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Support us
It costs over £10 million a year to maintain the Abbey, and we don’t receive any funding from the Church, the Crown, or the Government.
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Conservation & Collections
A charitable trust has been established to assist in the Abbey's fundraising efforts – The Westminster Abbey Trust. You can make a donation to the Trust.
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Transforming our visitor welcome
We’re undertaking a major project which will allow us to transform the welcome we offer to the 1.3 million visitors who come here each year.
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Fellows' programme
Westminster Abbey Institute works with the public service institutions around Parliament Square to revitalise moral and spiritual values in public life.
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Commonwealth Connections
Westminster Abbey, as a royal church, celebrates the Commonwealth all year round, including at a special service in March. Either in person or virtually, we welcome schools from across the Commonwealth to join one our sessions, led by experienced learning officers who can bringing learning to life, in line with your programmes of study.
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Edward the Confessor and Edith
Edward the Confessor was King from 1042 to 1066. He founded a monastery to St Peter, known as Westminster Abbey. His body still lies in his Shrine.
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Sermon Given at the Sung Eucharist for the Dedication of Westminster Abbey 2015
Sunday, 18th October 2015
Sermon given by The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster.
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Sermon Given at Matins on the Second Sunday of Christmas 2016
Sunday, 3rd January 2016
Sermon given by The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.
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Sermon given at Sung Eucharist on Christmas Day 2018
Tuesday, 25th December 2018
The heart of the joy of Christmas gives almost universal pleasure.
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Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2019
Sunday, 4th August 2019
Sermon at the Sung Eucharist on the Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2019: The vice which constantly seeks more possessions. In March this year, the UK Government Statistical Service released the UK’s statistics.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2022
Sunday, 16th January 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the Second Sunday of Epiphany 2022: The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity On Tuesday we begin the annual week of prayer for Christian Unity. Back in the.
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Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2022
Sunday, 10th July 2022
Sermon given at Evensong on the Fourth Sunday after Trinity 2022: "Music and poetry have in all ages been counted divine..." In 1688, the publisher and playwright Henry Playford had a bit.