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• St Peter, patron of Westminster Abbey, martyr, and apostle

  the Abbey bells will be rung from about 12.15 pm following the Sung Eucharist

• Holy Communion (BCP) on Easter Day

  Sunday, 31st March 2024

  A quiet, said service, in traditional language, according to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, lasting around 40 minutes.

  Holy Week and Easter

• Voice and Verse Family Day: Get Creative!

  Friday, 1st November 2024

  Release your imagination this half term. Take inspiration from famous poets, writers and creatives buried and remembered in Westminster Abbey to boost your family creativity.

  Events Family Voice and Verse

• Queen Attends Commonwealth Day Observance

  Monday, 9th March 2015

  Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended an Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey on Monday 9th March 2015.

  Special Service Royal Visit HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Edinburgh HRH The Prince of Wales HRH The Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duchess of Cambridge Commonwealth Service

• 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.

  Friday Reflection COVID-19

• Archbishop of Canterbury at Ascension Day Eucharist

  Friday, 10th May 2013

  The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, made his first formal visit to Westminster Abbey when he attended the Ascension Day Sung Eucharist on Thursday.

  Archbishop of Canterbury

• Chorister Experience Day

  Saturday, 11th May 2024

  Come behind the scenes at our Chorister Experience Day to find out what it’s like to be an Abbey chorister, ideal for boys aged 6 – 8.

  Westminster Abbey Choir School

• Chorister Experience Day

  Saturday, 4th October 2025

  Come behind the scenes at our Chorister Experience Day to find out what it’s like to be an Abbey chorister, ideal for boys aged 6 – 8.

• The first ANZAC Day

  ANZAC Day is the anniversary of the landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey by allied forces on 25th April 1915.

• Christmas Day Evensong

  Wednesday, 25th December 2024

  This service follows the traditional pattern in The Book of Common Prayer.

  Christmas Advent

• A Reflection on the Ascension

  Friday, 22nd May 2020

  If churches were open (and they are not), if public worship was held today (which it cannot be) and singers could sing (which they cannot) we might be hearing one of those familiar Ascension Day anthems, like God is gone up.

  Ascension Day

• HRH The Princess Royal reads for St Peter’s Day podcast

  Monday, 29th June 2020

  Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has recorded a gospel reading for Abbeycast, the Abbey’s worship podcast series, which is released today for St Peter’s Day, Monday 29th June.

  HRH The Princess Royal Abbeycast

• 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

• Sung Eucharist on Easter Day

  Sunday, 20th April 2025

  The Abbey’s principal Easter service, sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

• Christmas Family Day

  Saturday, 7th December 2024

  Bring joy to your world this festive season by joining us at Westminster Abbey to sing with our choristers and explore ancient Christmas traditions.

  Christmas Event

• New Zealand Prime Minister reads for Abbey podcast

  Friday, 24th April 2020

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has recorded a poem for Westminster Abbey’s podcast which will be published as part of this weekend’s ANZAC Day commemorations.

  ANZAC Day Jacinda Adern

• Fraternite Family Day: Budding Builders

  Wednesday, 29th May 2024

  Bring your budding builders to England’s oldest garden to get busy with all things bricks and buttresses.

  Event Learning

• Crown Prince and Princess of Serbia mark UN World Humanitarian Day

  Friday, 18th August 2023

  Crown Prince and Princess of Serbia mark UN World Humanitarian Day: Their Royal Highnesses The Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia attended a wreath laying ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

• St Margaret's Chorister Experience Day

  Sunday, 27th April 2025

  Find out what it’s like to be a member of the St Margaret’s Choristers of Westminster Abbey – ideal for girls currently in Year 6.

  Music St Margaret's Church

• Summer: Wild Westminster Family Day

  Tuesday, 26th August 2025

  Go wild in Westminster! Explore the plants and creatures of our walled garden, where nature has thrived for centuries.

  Summer at the Abbey