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Christmas Decorations
Visit us for a range of Abbey inspired products and gifts which supports our work.
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St Benedict, Abbot of Montecassino, father of western monasticism, c 550
St Peter flag
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Christmas Eve
St Peter flag
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Christmas Day
St Peter flag
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Advent and Christmas
We’ve been a place of worship since the tenth century. We hold services every day, and music is an important feature of many of them.
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Recordings
The Abbey Choir enjoys a recording partnership with Hyperion. Its catalogue includes music for the great feasts, as well as Renaissance masterpieces and twentieth-century classics.
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The Christmas story
The Reverend Mark Birch and writer Chine McDonald tell us what this holiest of seasons means to them.
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Abbey Choir releases new Tudor and Christmas CDs
Friday, 3rd October 2008
Two new CDs of music from the Abbey Choir are released this week by Hyperion Records.
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The Epiphany of our Lord Sung Eucharist
Monday, 6th January 2025
The main service to observe The Epiphany of our Lord, which traditionally marks the visit of the Magi or ‘Wise Men’ to the child Jesus.
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An Advent Liturgy
Sunday, 8th December 2024
A candle-lit service of hymns, readings, and anthems reflecting on the Advent themes of judgement and of the joyful expectation of the coming Christ.
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An Advent Liturgy
Sunday, 7th December 2025
A candle-lit service of hymns, readings, and anthems reflecting on the Advent themes of judgement and of the joyful expectation of the coming Christ.
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An Advent Liturgy
Sunday, 30th November 2025
A candle-lit service of hymns, readings, and anthems reflecting on the Advent themes of judgement and of the joyful expectation of the coming Christ.
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Handel's Messiah
Tuesday, 26th November 2024
Members of the Abbey Choir and celebrated soprano Anna Dennis, along with the renowned musicians of AAM, bring to life this sacred oratorio, one of the best known and most frequently performed works of choral music: Handel: Messiah.
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'The Father of English poetry'
When Charles Dickens died at his home in Kent on 9th June 1870, it was presumed that he would be buried in Rochester Cathedral or in one of the nearby parish churches at Cobham or Shorne. This, after all, was what the author of some of the greatest novels in the English language had wanted.
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A Service to celebrate Christian witness in Advent
Wednesday, 10th December 2025
A service to rejoice with Christian communities worldwide; celebrating their witness to the promise of Jesus Christ in the Advent season.
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Compassion and togetherness celebrated at royal carol service
Friday, 5th December 2025
The selfless efforts of people who foster compassion and togetherness in their communities were celebrated at the Together at Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey on Friday 5th December.
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Princess of Wales to host Abbey carol service
Wednesday, 13th November 2024
A photograph of HRH The Princess of Wales smiling as she arrives outside Westminster Abbey for a service
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Advent and Christmas
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Abbey finds rare 17th century manuscript in tin trunk
Friday, 3rd November 2017
The manuscript, thought to date from 1603-1604, is a copy of Donne’s The Courtier’s Library, a satirical attack on corruptions in the church and establishment: rather like a 17th century version of Private Eye.
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Arrival of the Bride
Relive the wedding day of Prince William and Kate Middleton, from the moment the guests arrive to the moment the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
