Lent, Holy Week and Easter at Westminster Abbey
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Today's services
| Sunday, 8th March 2026 | ||
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| Third Sunday of Lent | ||
| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Nave |
| The Book of Common Prayer; said | ||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Radcliffe Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Howells Collegium Regale Preacher: The Reverend Tessa Bosworth Succentor |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Purcell Hear my prayer, O Lord Preacher: The Most Reverend Dr Georges Titre Ande Primate of the Anglican Church of the Congo |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church |
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Schubert Mass in G Preacher: The Reverend Tessa Bosworth Succentor |
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