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Today's services
| Sunday, 15th November 2026 | ||
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| Second Sunday before Advent | ||
| 8.00am | Holy Communion | Nave |
| The Book of Common Prayer; said | ||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Mass for four voices 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 | Radcliffe God be in my head Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| 5.00pm | Organ Recital—Young Artists' Platform | Nave |
| given by Alexander Trigg | Stanford Postlude in D minor Op 105 no 6 |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church |
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Rheinberger Missa puerorum Preacher: The Venerable Jennifer Adams-Massmann Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster |
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