Services & times

See a complete list of the Abbey's upcoming choral services and organ recitals.

You are also able to see our calendar for the weeks ahead and view orders of service for selected services.

 

This week's services

Choral Services|Organ Recitals
20th - 26th July 2025
Sunday, 20th July 2025
Fifth Sunday after Trinity
8.00am Holy Communion Nave
The Book of Common Prayer; said
10.00am Morning Prayer Quire
said with hymns
Order of Service available View Order of Service
11.15am Sung Eucharist Quire
sung by the Happenstance Singers

Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor
Harris Faire is the heaven
Vaughan Williams Fugue in C

Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer
Order of Service available View Order of Service
3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Happenstance Singers

Smith Responses
Howells Gloucester Service
Parry There is an old belief
Howells Paean

Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence
Order of Service available View Order of Service
5.00pm Organ Recital Nave
given by Geoffrey Ward, The University of the South 'Sewanee', Tennessee, USA

Bédard Festive Toccata
Howells Master Tallis’s Testament
Bach Fantasia in G minor
Alain Litanies
Duruflé Fugue sur le nom d’Alain
6.00pm Holy Communion St Margaret's Church
said with hymns

Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Monday, 21st July 2025
St Margaret of Antioch, martyr, c 304
7.30am Morning Prayer St Margaret's Church
said
8.00am Holy Communion St Margaret's Church
said
12.30pm Holy Communion St Margaret's Church
said
5.00pm Evening Prayer Quire
said
Order of Service available View Order of Service
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Tuesday, 22nd July 2025
St Mary Magdalene
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion Shrine
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by a the University of Tennessee Chamber Singers, Knoxville, USA

Smith Responses
Stanford in B flat
Caldarella Domine Deus
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
St Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion Chapel of the Holy Name
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evening Prayer Quire
said
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Thursday, 24th July 2025
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by Ripon Cathedral Choir

Reading Responses
Harwood Evening Service in A flat
Harwood O how glorious is the kingdom
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Friday, 25th July 2025
St James the Apostle
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion Pyx Chamber
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by Ripon Cathedral Choir

Reading Responses
Purcell Evening Service in G minor
Parsons Ave Maria
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Saturday, 26th July 2025
St Anne and St Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
8.40am Morning Prayer St Faith's Chapel
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by Ripon Cathedral Choir Radcliffe Responses
Purcell in B flat
Stanford Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt
Bruhns Praeludium in G
Order of Service available View Order of Service

Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge.

Service times and locations may change at short notice. Security checks are in place upon entry.