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• Westminster Abbey Choir to sing at St Peter's in Rome

  Monday, 25th June 2012

  Westminster Abbey’s world-famous choir arrives in Italy this week (Tuesday 26th June) for a tour of Rome and Montecassino which will include singing for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul (Friday 29th June) in St Peter’s Basilica.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey Pope Benedict XVI St Peter’s Basilica

• St George, martyr, patron of England, c 303 (transferred)

  St George flag

• Sung Eucharist on Easter Day

  Sunday, 20th April 2025

  Our evening Easter service, sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

  Easter Day Holy Week and Easter St Margaret's Church

• New Year's Honours

  Tuesday, 4th January 2011

  Peter Bottomley MP, the Parliamentary Warden of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List.

• A Service of Thanksgiving for the life of The Lord King of Wartnaby

  Thursday, 26th October 2006

  The Rector of St Margaret's Church, Canon Robert Wright, officiated and gave the Bidding and the Blessing.

  Lord King of Wartnaby

• A podcast for the Feast of the Translation of St Edward

  Tuesday, 13th October 2020

  Simrin Rahman, a student at Harris Westminster Sixth Form, reads from St Matthew’s gospel for a special edition of Abbeycast released today for the Feast of the Translation of St Edward.

  St Edward the Confessor Edwardtide Abbeycast

• St Edward icon dedicated

  Monday, 21st October 2019

  A new icon of St Edward the Confessor has been dedicated and placed in the shrine, the place of his burial, in Westminster Abbey.

  Edward the Confessor Icons

• George Green

  Scientist, Mathematician and Physicist

  A memorial for George Green, mathematician and physicist, was unveiled in the nave in July 1993, adjoining the graves of Isaac Newton and Lord Kelvin.

• A celebration of Orlando Gibbons: 400th anniversary concert

  Wednesday, 24th September 2025

  400 years after his death, The St Margaret's Consort celebrates one of the most melodious and inventive of Tudor composers, Orlando Gibbons.

  Music

• Employment opportunities

  Have a look at the job opportunities below. If you think there’s one that’s right for you, go ahead and apply.

• Events at Westminster Abbey

  Special services, concerts, lectures, events for families – it's worth a trip to London. Most of our events are free and open to anyone.

• Conservators focus on St Catherine’s Chapel Garden

  Saturday, 19th May 2007

  Abbey conservators are examining the best way of cleaning the remains of the stonework of the 12th century Chapel of St. Catherine.

  St Catherines Chapel Garden conservation

• Archbishop Angaelos leads annual Day of Prayer 2023

  Wednesday, 4th January 2023

  His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos, the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London will lead the annual Day of Prayer at Westminster Abbey in St Margaret’s Church on Saturday 28th January.

  day of prayer

• John Church

  Musician

  John Church, composer, was buried in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey on 10th January 1741. The Precentor called him "very worthy and honest".

• Royal wedding bouquet to rest on Warrior’s Grave

  Sunday, 20th May 2018

  The Duchess of Sussex has sent the bouquet she carried during her wedding to Westminster Abbey to rest on the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.

  Meghan Markle HRH The Duchess of Sussex Royal Wedding

• Actors' Church Union

  Actor

  In 1920 the Actors' Church Union presented a hearse cloth or funeral pall to Westminster Abbey. This was given in memory of members who had died in the Great War.

• Concert: Gloria!

  Saturday, 28th June 2025

  Making their concert debut, the St Margaret’s Choristers of Westminster Abbey perform Vivaldi’s perennial favourite with the renowned period instrument ensemble, The English Concert.

  concert

• Abbey Choir sings for Pope in St Peter's

  Friday, 29th June 2012

  Westminster Abbey’s Choir sang for Pope Benedict XVI, with the Cappella Musicale Pontificia ‘Sistina’, the Sistine Chapel Choir, at the Papal Mass marking the Solemnity of St Peter and St Paul in St Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on Friday 29th June, a historic occasion of great significance for Anglican-Catholic relations.

• Peter Holder to be Organist at Christ Church, Oxford

  Tuesday, 14th May 2024

  Peter Holder, Sub-Organist at Westminster Abbey, has been appointed Organist and Official Student (Tutorial Fellow) at Christ Church, Oxford. He will take up his new post in the autumn.

• The Chennai Books Project

  Thursday, 30th March 2006

  A lunchtime concert was held in St Margaret's Church on Thursday 30th March by some of the Lay Vicars of the Choir of Westminster Abbey.