Services and times
See a complete list of the Abbey's upcoming choral services and organ recitals.
This week's services
| Sunday, 11th October 2026 | |||||||||||
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| Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity | |||||||||||
| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Nave | |||||||||
| The Book of Common Prayer; said | |||||||||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Leighton Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by The King's Scholars of Westminster School | Schubert Mass II in G Preacher: The Venerable Jennifer Adams-Massmann Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Farrant Call to remembrance, O Lord Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence |
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| 5.00pm | Organ Recital | Nave | |||||||||
| given by Holly Broadbent | Tournemire Paraphrase-Carillon (L’Orgue Mystique: Office 35, In Assump. BMV) |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist with Admission of a Chorister | St Margaret's Church | |||||||||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Langlais Missa in simplicitate Preacher: The Venerable Jennifer Adams-Massmann Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster |
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| Monday, 12th October 2026 | |||||||||||
| St Wilfrid of Ripon, bishop, missionary, 709 | |||||||||||
| Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer, 1845 | |||||||||||
| Edith Cavell, nurse, 1915 | |||||||||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire | |||||||||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | St Faith's Chapel | |||||||||
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave | |||||||||
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| 5.00pm | First Evensong of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey; attended by the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda | Boyle Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace |
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| Tuesday, 13th October 2026 | |||||||||||
| THE TRANSLATION OF ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, KING, 1163, 1269 | |||||||||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire | |||||||||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Shrine | |||||||||
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave | |||||||||
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| 4.00pm | Evening Prayer | St Faith's Chapel | |||||||||
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| 5.00pm | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Howells Collegium Regale Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon Rector |
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| Wednesday, 14th October 2026 | |||||||||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||||||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire | |||||||||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Chapel of the Holy Name | |||||||||
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave | |||||||||
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| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort; attended by the High Commissioner of the Republic of Fiji | Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est |
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| Thursday, 15th October 2026 | |||||||||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||||||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire | |||||||||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Shrine | |||||||||
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave | |||||||||
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| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Mendelssohn Am Himmelfahrtstage |
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| Friday, 16th October 2026 | |||||||||||
| Octave of the Translation of St Edward the Confessor | |||||||||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | Quire | |||||||||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Shrine | |||||||||
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| 12.30pm | Holy Communion | Nave | |||||||||
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| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral | plainsong Iste confessor Domini |
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| Saturday, 17th October 2026 | |||||||||||
| The National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor | |||||||||||
| 7.30am | Morning Prayer | St Faith's Chapel | |||||||||
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| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Shrine | |||||||||
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| 11.15am | Festival Eucharist | High Altar | |||||||||
| sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir | Victoria Missa Laetatus sum Preacher: The Reverend Professor Dee Dyas Storytelling and Heritage for Mission Lead for Faith in the North |
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| 3.00pm | First Evensong of the Dedication of Westminster Abbey | Quire | |||||||||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey and the St Margaret's Choristers | Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est |
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