Advent & Christmas at the Abbey
Join us at Westminster Abbey as we prepare to celebrate Christmas, the coming of Jesus Christ.
Find out more about worshipping with us and explore the many ways you can connect with the Abbey in Advent and Christmas, wherever you are.
Welcome to Westminster Abbey
Coronations, royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, heroes and villains – history happens here and it’s all waiting to be discovered.
Visit the Abbey
A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.
Open for visiting tomorrow from 9.30am until 12.00 noon
Today's services
| Sunday, 22nd December 2024 | ||
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| Fourth Sunday of Advent | ||
| O Rex gentium | ||
| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Nave |
| The Book of Common Prayer; said | ||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Ayleward Responses |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Mass for four voices Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Lay Vicars | plainsong O Rex gentium Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 5.00pm | Organ Recital | Nave |
| given by Paul Greally, Assistant Organist | Carter Toccata on 'Veni Emmanuel' |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church |
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers and Consort | Darke Communion Service in F Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon Theologian and Almoner |
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| View Order of Service | ||
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About the Abbey
An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in Britain's history are buried or commemorated.
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