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Welcome to Westminster Abbey. Daily prayer has been offered in this place for over a thousand years, and your participation in today's service is warmly welcomed. At choral Evensong most of the ...
Join us for a captivating lunchtime lecture with renowned Gothic art historian Professor Paul Binski, as part of our monthly Lunchtime Talk series at Westminster Abbey. In this engaging session, ...
She was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 15th January 1559 by Dr Oglethorpe, Bishop of Carlisle. The Archbishop of Canterbury usually performs this ceremony but the See was vacant at that time and the ...
If you buy an online ticket via the Westminster Abbey website you can upgrade it to an annual pass free of charge. This will enable you to visit the Abbey three times for the price of one. Simply ask ...
Learn more about this medieval Advent tradition, and hear a new antiphon published every day from 17 - 23 December. The Great O Antiphons are a series of short verses which count down the days to ...
James O’Donnell, Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey, has been appointed as Professor in the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. He will leave the Abbey ...
Westminster Abbey has today released the words and music of the Vivat acclamations which will be sung at the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen on Saturday 6th May. The music has ...
From established works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir John Tavener to premiere recordings of recent commissions by Sir James MacMillan, this new release from the Choir of Westminster Abbey brings ...
Judges and members of the legal profession gathered in Westminster Abbey on Monday 2nd October 2023 for a service to mark the start of the legal year in England and Wales. The annual service, which ...
Westminster Abbey will today unveil a new stained glass window designed by David Hockney and commissioned to celebrate the reign of Her Majesty The Queen. It depicts a vividly coloured country scene ...