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Today's services
| Sunday, 24th May 2026 | ||
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| Day of Pentecost (Whit Sunday) | ||
| 8.00am | Holy Communion | High Altar |
| The Book of Common Prayer; said | ||
| 10.30am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Palestrina Missa Dum complerentur Preacher: The Reverend Robert Latham Precentor |
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| 3.00pm | Solemn Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey with The English Concert | Williams Responses Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| 5.00pm | Organ Recital | Nave |
| given by Paul Greally, Assistant Organist | Stacey Toccata |
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| 6.00pm | Holy Communion | St Margaret's Church |
| said with hymns | Preacher: The Reverend Robert Latham Precentor |
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An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in Britain's history are buried or commemorated.
The King Charles III Sacristy
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