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 3.30pm
Today's services
| Sunday, 17th November 2024 | ||
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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 | Radcliffe 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 five voices Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire |
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Radcliffe God be in my head Preacher: The Venerable Luke Miller Archdeacon of London |
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| View Order of Service | ||
| 5.00pm | Organ Recital | Nave |
| given by James Gough, Southwark Cathedral | Holst arr Sykes Mars, the bringer of war (The Planets) |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church |
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Rheinberger Missa puerorum Preacher: The Reverend Dr Sarah Archer Priest Vicar |
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| View Order of Service | ||
News
Princess of Wales to host Abbey carol service
Wednesday, 13th November 2024
Anthony Ball appointed Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome
Monday, 11th November 2024
War dead honoured at the Field of Remembrance
Thursday, 7th November 2024
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.
Autumn Season: Voice and Verse
Poets’ Corner is a literary pilgrimage like no other. Join us this season as we celebrate the power of words and stories penned by historic and emerging poets. Discover new ways of seeing the world through their captivating verses.
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Support Us
Support from our visitors and donors helps us care for the Abbey and keeps us open as a living working church. We are independent and receive no funding from the Church, the Government or, the Crown. So, your help really counts.
