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• Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter

  Saturday, 30th March 2024

  A beautiful and joyous service that celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

  Holy Week Easter

• Solemn Liturgy of the Passion and Death of Our Lord

  Friday, 29th March 2024

  A solemn service that includes readings, reflections and the Veneration of the Cross - members of the congregation will be invited to follow the Abbey clergy in reverencing the cross.

  Holy Week and Easter

• Sung Eucharist with the Washing of Feet

  Thursday, 17th April 2025

  This Sung Eucharist commemorates the Last Supper, where Jesus broke bread with his disciples, and washed their feet as a sign of humility.

• Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter

  Saturday, 19th April 2025

  A moving service which begins in the dark, where the light of Christ is rekindled and His Resurrection is celebrated.

• Solemn Liturgy of the Passion and Death of Our Lord

  Friday, 18th April 2025

  A solemn, reflective service that remembers Christ's death on the cross.

• Big picture

  Visit the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries to see the Westminster Retable, and many more objects, in real life. High above the Abbey floor, come face to face with the Abbey’s greatest treasures covering over 1,000 years of faith and history. Along with worship, examine objects that teach us about the building of Westminster Abbey, its role in national memory and its relationship with royalty.

• Lecture: Working Together and Walking Together – Diplomacy and Ecumenism in Action

  Monday, 11th November 2024

  Join us in the Abbey as His Excellency Chris Trott, His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Holy See, gives the annual lecture for the Anglican Centre in Rome.

  Event

• A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Mrs Mary Cornelia Dee Skaggs CBE

  Friday, 9th July 2010

  A Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Mrs Mary Cornelia Dee Skaggs CBE was held in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey on Thursday 8th July at 6.00pm.

  Mary Cornelia Dee Skaggs Special Service

• Order of Service

  Find out more about the practical purpose and historical significance of orders of service for coronations.

• St George's Day

  Saturday, 23rd April 2005

  Representations of St George and his dragon can be seen in Westminster Abbey on Henry VIIs tomb and grille, in the Lady Chapel statue series, in stained glass windows to the YMCA and Sir Benjamin Baker in the nave, and in the window in St Benedicts chapel.

  St George

• Lent and Holy Week 2025

• Holy Week and Easter

• Prince of Wales installs new Bath Knights

  Tuesday, 25th May 2010

  HRH The Prince of Wales, Great Master of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, attended the Service and Ceremony of the Installation of Knights Grand Cross of the Order in Henry VII’s Lady Chapel, Chapel of the Order, at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday 25th May 2010.

  Order of the Bath

• Abbey Welcomes Her Majesty The Queen to Bath Service

  Friday, 9th May 2014

  Her Majesty The Queen, Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Great Master of the Order, attended the Service and Ceremony of the Installation of Knights Grand Cross of the Order in Henry VII’s Lady Chapel, Chapel of the Order, at Westminster Abbey on Friday 9th May 2014.

  Royal Visit HM The Queen HRH The Prince of Wales

• Prince of Wales attends Order of the Bath installation

  Thursday, 24th May 2018

  His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Great Master of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, attended a Service for the Order at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 24th May 2018 in the Order’s 293rd year including the Ceremony for the Installation of Knights Grand Cross of the Order in the Lady Chapel, the Chapel of the Order.

• A Reflection for Good Friday

  Friday, 10th April 2020

  I was outside in the Abbey garden. The sun shone on cherry blossom and tulips. Spring ablaze before me, full of new life and promise.

  Friday Reflection COVID-19

• A Reflection for Easter Day

  Sunday, 12th April 2020

  I grew up in a house where Easter could be a bit problematic. There were Easter eggs of course, but we were not churchgoers.

• Inauguration of the General Synod of the Church of England

  Tuesday, 15th November 2005

  On Tuesday 15th November, HM The Queen attended the service of Holy Communion at the Inauguration of the Eighth General Synod of the Church of England at Westminster Abbey.

  General Synod

• Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

  Princess Elizabeth Stuart was buried in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel. She was the only surviving daughter of James VI of Scotland.

• Bishop Kobayashi reads for Abbey podcast

  Saturday, 15th August 2020

  The Bishop of Kobe, whose diocese includes Hiroshima, reads for a podcast to celebrate both VJ Day, and the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

  Abbeycast VJ Day Blessed Virgin Mary