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• St Patrick's Day

  the bells of Westminster Abbey are rung for St Patrick's Day following Evensong at about 5.45 pm

• St Luke the Evangelist

  the Abbey bells are rung for St Luke's Day (transferred from 18 October) following Evensong at about 5.45 pm

• St Michael and All Angels

  the Abbey bells will be rung at about 6.00 pm for the feast of St Michael and All Angels, following the Sung Eucharist

• St John the Evangelist

  the Abbey bells will be rung for St John's Day at about 5.30 pm following Evening Prayer

• St George's Day

  the Abbey bells are rung following Evensong at about 5.45 pm for St George's Day (which this year has been transferred due to Easter Week)

• St Mark's Day

  the Abbey bells will be rung at about 5.45 pm following Evensong on St Mark's Day (transferred this year due to the date of Easter Week)

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

  St George flag

• Sir David Suchet records St John’s Gospel in the Abbey

  Sunday, 28th March 2021

  Westminster Abbey will offer a specially recorded reading of St John’s Gospel in the Jerusalem Chamber at the Abbey as part of its Easter offering this year.

• A Palm Sunday Devotion

  Sunday, 13th April 2025

  Mark Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and begin Holy Week with this contemplative service of Scripture, music, and poetry.

  Holy Week Holy Week and Easter St Margaret's Church

• Choral Compline for Good Friday

  Friday, 18th April 2025

  This service of Choral Compline takes us from the Cross to the waiting silence of Holy Saturday with Scripture, poetry and music.

• St Patrick, Patron of Ireland, bishop, missionary, c 5th century

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• St Benedict, Abbot of Montecassino, father of western monasticism, c 550

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• St Stephen, deacon, first martyr, patron of the Palace of Westminster

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• Concert: BACH - St John Passion

  Tuesday, 15th April 2025

  The Choir of Westminster Abbey is joined by The English Concert for this Holy Week performance of Bach’s moving Johannes-Passion (St John Passion), sung in German.

  Choir of Westminster Abbey event Music Easter

• Festival of Saint Cecilia service held at Westminster Abbey

  Thursday, 25th November 2010

  The Festival of St Cecilia service was held at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 24th November 2010. The choirs of Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Cathedral came together to sing the premiere of an anthem specially commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund with the help of the RVW Trust: ‘Vast Ocean of Light’, by Jonathan Dove.

  St Cecilia The Choir of Westminster Abbey

• Celebrating St Edward

  In a chapel at the heart of Westminster Abbey is the Shrine of Edward the Confessor, king and saint.

• Attending a service

  People from all over the world visit Westminster Abbey to join our services, which form part of a tradition of daily Christian worship.

• Burke St John Trend

  The ashes of Burke St John Trend, Lord Trend of Greenwich and his wife are buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey.

• St Oscar Romero

  Priest/Minister

  A statue to Oscar Romero, modern martyr and saint, was unveiled in July 1998 and stands above the west entrance to Westminster Abbey. Sculptor John Roberts.

• Sung Eucharist: Cecile Chaminade

  Sunday, 3rd March 2024

  Messe pour deux voix égales by French composer Cécile Chaminade, sung by the St Margaret’s Choristers in the week of International Women’s Day

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