Lent, Holy Week and Easter

Lent, Holy Week and Easter

Find out more about worshipping with us, discover online faith resources, and read weekly reflections from the Abbey.

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Today's services

Sunday, 16th March 2025
Second Sunday of Lent
8.00am Holy Communion Nave
The Book of Common Prayer; said
10.00am Matins Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

plainsong Responses
Tallis Benedictus (The Short Service)
Farnaby Nobodyes Gigge

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11.15am Sung Eucharist High Altar
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

Byrd Mass for three voices
Venturi del Nibbio Adoramus te Christe

Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist

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3.00pm Evensong Quire
sung by the Lay Vicars of Westminster Abbey

plainsong Audi benigne Conditor
plainsong Responses
Ortiz Magnificat primi toni
Byrd Tribulationes civitatum audivimus
Bach Passacaglia in C minor

Preacher: The Reverend Mark Birch MVO Canon in Residence

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5.00pm Organ Recital Nave
given by Paul Greally, Assistant Organist

Byrd Fantasia in C FVB 103
Purcell arr Greally 'Come away, fellow sailors' and The Sailors’ Dance (Dido and Aeneas)
Smart Postlude in D
Bairstow Evening Song
Howells Sarabando (in modo elegiaco) and Paean (Six Pieces for Organ)

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

Fauré Messe basse
Pergolesi Quis est homo qui non fleret
Bach Prelude in A minor

Preacher: The Reverend Helena Bickley-Percival Sacrist

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Everyone is welcome at these services, free of charge. Security checks are in place upon entry.

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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.

Photograph of black female dancer in pink dress in front of a cross and the nave altar screen in Westminster Abbey

Spring Season: Commonwealth


The Commonwealth is a worldwide family of nations united by shared values and historical ties across a tapestry of diverse cultures. Join us this season to celebrate Commonwealth Day.

The King Charles III Sacristy

The King Charles III Sacristy

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