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Today's services
| Saturday, 17th October 2026 | ||
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| 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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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.
The King Charles III Sacristy
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