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

6th - 12th July 2025
Sunday, 6th July 2025
Third Sunday after Trinity
8.00am Holy Communion Nave
The Book of Common Prayer; said
11.00am Matins, attended in Civic State by The Lord Mayor of Westminster Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Bruckner Locus iste a Deo factus est
Rose Responses
Howells Collegium Regale
Vaughan Williams Antiphon
Brewer Marche Héroïque

Preacher: The Reverend David Stanton Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer

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3.00pm Evensong with Presentation of a Surplice Quire
sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Rutter The Lord bless you and keep you
Rose Responses
Howells Gloucester Service
Stanford Beati quorum via integra est
Howells Psalm Prelude Set 1 no 3

Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence

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5.00pm Organ Recital Nave
given by Jayson Keeton, First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Copland arr Keeton Fanfare for the Common Man
Barber arr Strickland Adagio for Strings
Keeton Organ Symphony I ‘Trinity’

6.00pm Sung Eucharist St Margaret's Church
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

Howells Collegium Regale
Weir Leaf from leaf Christ knows
Handel Grave—Allegro (Organ Concerto XVI)

Preacher: The Reverend Ralph Godsall Priest Vicar

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Monday, 7th July 2025
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion Florence Nightingale Chapel
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey; attended by the Honorary Consul for Solomon Islands

Fauré Pie Jesu Domine
plainsong Responses
Robinson Evening Service in C
Franck Panis angelicus fit panis hominum

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Tuesday, 8th July 2025
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; attended by the High Commissioner of the Republic of Malawi

Gibbons The Second Service
Gibbons Great Lord of lords

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Wednesday, 9th July 2025
The Burial of Lady Margaret Beaufort, 1509
7.30am Morning Prayer Quire
said
8.00am Holy Communion Stuart Chapel
said
12.30pm Holy Communion Nave
said
5.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort

Duruflé Ubi caritas et amor
Smith Responses
Brewer Evening Service in D
Weir Leaf from leaf Christ knows

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Thursday, 10th 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 the Choir of Westminster Abbey

Bairstow Jesu, the very thought of thee
Leighton Responses
Howells Westminster Service
Wood Hail, gladdening light

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Friday, 11th July 2025
St Benedict, Abbot of Montecassino, father of western monasticism, c 550
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

Bairstow Jesu, the very thought of thee
Leighton Responses
Marenzio Magnificat octavi toni
Victoria Nunc dimittis tertii toni
Clemens non Papa Ego flos campi

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Saturday, 12th July 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

Leighton Responses
Sumsion Evening Service in G
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Parry Fugue in G

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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.