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Today's services
| Sunday, 17th May 2026 | ||
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| Seventh Sunday of Easter - Sunday after Ascension Day | ||
| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Nave |
| The Book of Common Prayer; said | ||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Smith Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by The King's Scholars of Westminster School | Dove Missa brevis Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Psallite Domino Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| 5.00pm | Organ Recital | Nave |
| given by James Welch | MacMillan Cortège Académique |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church |
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Leighton An Easter Sequence Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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