Lent, Holy Week and Easter at Westminster Abbey

Lent, Holy Week and Easter at Westminster Abbey

Find out more about worshipping with us and explore the many ways you can connect with the Abbey this Lent, wherever you are.

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A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.

Today's services

Sunday, 29th March 2026
Palm Sunday
8.00am Holy Communion High Altar
The Book of Common Prayer; said
10.30am Sung Eucharist with the Blessing of Palms Abbey
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Malcolm Ingrediente Domino
Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli
Victoria Passion according to Matthew
Guerrero O Domine Jesu Christe
Bach Valet will ich dir geben

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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

plainsong Vexilla regis prodeunt
plainsong Responses
Palestrina Magnificat quarti toni
Reid Nunc dimittis tertii toni
Palestrina Improperium expectavit cor meum
Vierne Prélude (Symphonie I)

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence

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5.00pm Organ Recital Nave
given by Paul Greally, Assistant Organist

Bach Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott BWV 721
Bach Vater unser in Himmelreich BWV 682
Bach Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig BWV 768

6.00pm Palm Sunday Devotion St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

Purcell Hear my prayer, O Lord
Byrd Benedictus (Mass for four voices)
Lassus Passion according to Luke
Monteverdi Christe adoramus te

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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.

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About the Abbey

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

The King Charles III Sacristy

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Rosary being held in a hand in front of a door at Westminster Abbey

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