Regular services

What to expect at our regular services, which are open to the public and free of charge.

This week's services

1st - 7th October 2023
Sunday, 1st October 2023
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
8.00am Holy Communion Nave
The Book of Common Prayer; said
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir

Pitoni Cantate Domino canticum novum
Ayleward Responses
Haydn Te Deum in C
Mozart Church Sonata in C

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11.15am Sung Eucharist Quire
sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir

Poulenc Mass in G
Messiaen O sacrum convivium
Janácek Postludium (Glagolitic Mass)

Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE Dean of Westminster

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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir

Pitoni Cantate Domino canticum novum
Ayleward Responses
Rachmaninoff Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
Rachmaninoff Bogoroditse Devo
Stravinsky Berceuse and Finale (The Firebird)

Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence

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5.00pm Organ Recital Nave

Demessieux Te Deum Op 11
Byrd Fantasia in A
Elgar Allegro maestoso (Sonata in G Op 28)

Carolyn Craig Organ Scholar

6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
with inauguration of St Margaret's girl choristers

Haydn Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
Vaughan Williams O how amiable are thy dwellings
Mulet Carillon-Sortie

Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE Dean of Westminster

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Monday, 2nd October 2023
7.30am Morning Prayer St Faith's Chapel
said
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars

Muhly Oculi omnium
plainsong Responses
Guerrero Magnificat secundi toni
plainsong Nunc dimittis tertii toni
Martin Notre Père

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Tuesday, 3rd October 2023
George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, ecumenist, peacemaker, 1958
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion Shrine
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Radcliffe God be in my head
Clucas Responses
Wood in E flat II

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Wednesday, 4th October 2023
St Francis of Assisi, friar, deacon, founder of the Friars Minor, 1226
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
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Thursday, 5th October 2023
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 the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Radcliffe God be in my head
Clucas Responses
Weelkes Sixth Service
Philips Jubilate Deo

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Friday, 6th October 2023
William Tyndale, translator of the Scriptures, Reformation martyr, 1536
St Faith and her companions, martyrs, c 290
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 the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Radcliffe God be in my head
Clucas Responses
Byrd Prevent us, O Lord

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Saturday, 7th October 2023
8.00am Holy Communion St Margaret's Church
said
8.40am Morning Prayer St Margaret's Church
said
3.00pm Evensong Quire
part of the Chorister Experience Day; sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Vaughan Williams The Call
Clucas Responses
Howells St Paul's Service
Parry My soul, there is a country
Stanford Allegro molto e ritmico (Sonata Britannica)

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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.