Services & times
See a complete list of the Abbey's upcoming choral services and organ recitals.
You are also able to see our calendar for the weeks ahead and view orders of service for selected services.
This week's services
| Sunday, 18th May 2025 | |||||
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| Fifth Sunday of Easter | |||||
| 300th anniversary of the Letters Patent creating the Order of the Bath | |||||
| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Nave | |||
| The Book of Common Prayer; said | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ayleward Responses |
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| View Order of Service | |||||
| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by The King's Scholars of Westminster School | Schubert Mass in G Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| View Order of Service | |||||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ayleward Responses Preacher: The Reverend Canon Margaret Cave Director of Episcopal Ministry for the Archbishops of Canterbury and York |
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| 5.00pm | Organ Recital | Nave | |||
| given by Richard Moore, Christ Church, Oxford | Weitz Fanfare and Gothic March |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Langlais Gloria (Missa in simplicitate) Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| View Order of Service | |||||
| Monday, 19th May 2025 | |||||
| St Dunstan, founder of Westminster Abbey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988 | |||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire | |||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Pyx Chamber | |||
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave | |||
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| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Te lucis ante terminum |
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| View Order of Service | |||||
| Tuesday, 20th May 2025 | |||||
| Alcuin of York, deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804 | |||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire | |||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Shrine | |||
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave | |||
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| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Terra tremuit et quievit |
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| View Order of Service | |||||
| Wednesday, 21st May 2025 | |||||
| Charter Day, 1560 | |||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire | |||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Chapel of the Holy Name | |||
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave | |||
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| 5.00pm | Evening Prayer | Quire | |||
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| View Order of Service | |||||
| Thursday, 22nd May 2025 | |||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire | |||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | St Faith's Chapel | |||
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave | |||
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| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Terra tremuit et quievit |
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| View Order of Service | |||||
| Friday, 23rd May 2025 | |||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire | |||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | St Faith's Chapel | |||
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave | |||
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| 5.00pm | Vespers | Westminster Cathedral | |||
| sung by the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral | |||||
| Saturday, 24th May 2025 | |||||
| John and Charles Wesley, evangelists, hymn-writers, 1791 and 1788 | |||||
| 8.00am | Holy Communion | St Faith's Chapel | |||
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| 8.40am | Morning Prayer | St Faith's Chapel | |||
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| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Ad coenam Agni providi |
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