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
16th - 22nd March 2025
Sunday, 16th March 2025
Second Sunday of Lent
8.00am Holy Communion Nave
The Book of Common Prayer; said
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

plainsong Responses
Tallis Benedictus (The Short Service)
Farnaby Nobodyes Gigge
Order of Service available View Order of Service
11.15am Sung Eucharist High Altar
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

Byrd Mass for three voices
Venturi del Nibbio Adoramus te Christe

Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist
Order of Service available View Order of Service
3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

plainsong Audi benigne Conditor
plainsong Responses
Ortiz Magnificat primi toni
Byrd Tribulationes civitatum audivimus
Bach Passacaglia in C minor

Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence
Order of Service available View Order of Service
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5.00pm Organ Recital Nave
given by Paul Greally, Assistant Organist

Byrd Fantasia in C FVB 103
Purcell arr Greally 'Come away, fellow sailors' and The Sailors’ Dance (Dido and Aeneas)
Smart Postlude in D
Bairstow Evening Song
Howells Sarabando (in modo elegiaco) and Paean (Six Pieces for Organ)
6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers

Fauré Messe basse
Pergolesi Quis est homo qui non fleret
Bach Prelude in A minor

Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Monday, 17th March 2025
St Patrick, Patron of Ireland, bishop, missionary, c 5th century
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 Choristers of Westminster Abbey

Vaughan Williams The Call
plainsong Responses
Robinson Evening Service in C
Stopford Stabat mater dolorosa
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Tuesday, 18th March 2025
St Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop, teacher of the faith, 386
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

Ferguson It was in that train
Byrd Responses
Palestrina Magnificat quarti toni
Tallis In jejunio et fletu
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Wednesday, 19th March 2025
St Joseph
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, 20th March 2025
St Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, missionary, 687
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

Ferguson It was in that train
Byrd Responses
Sumsion Evening Service in G
Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Friday, 21st March 2025
Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, Reformation martyr, 1556
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; attended by the Chargé d'Affaires for the High Commissioner for Namibia

Hakim Prayer for Faith, Hope, and Charity
Byrd Responses
Farrant The Short Service
LeFanu O Lord, from whom all good things do come
Order of Service available View Order of Service
Saturday, 22nd March 2025
8.00am Holy Communion St Faith's Chapel
said
8.40am Morning Prayer St Faith's Chapel
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Ferguson It was in that train
Byrd Responses
Byrd The Second Service
Byrd Ne irasacaris Domine satis
Bach Fantasia in C minor
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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.