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Christmas Eve.
Whether you are travelling, working, or staying at home, you can often find a peaceful moment in a local church’s evening worship.
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The Christmas season lasts for much longer than two days.
Many churches offer alternative choral services, and while choirs break after Christmas Day, festive music can often be heard into January.
Come back in 2026 to find Evensong.
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We are delighted to award the inaugural Patronal Festival of the Year to St Nicholas, Kittisford.
Find their full report here: www.choralevensong.org/uk/pfg_festi...
If your church would like to apply for a grant, visit www.choralevensong.org/uk/pfg26.php
On the shortest day of the year, Evensong offers a service shaped by light and promise.
A quiet pause before the festivities truly begin.
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The traditional O Antiphons begin today.
These ancient calls for wisdom, light, and peace appear in many churches’ liturgy this week, sung either side of the Magnificat.
A lovely moment to attend Evensong.
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As Christmas draws nearer, search out Evensong amidst the candlelit carol services.
They offer a peaceful doorway into the final days of Advent.
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As Christmas draws nearer, search out Evensong amidst the candlelit carol services.
They offer a peaceful doorway into the final days of Advent.
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Which Advent hymn or anthem always brings you into the season?
Take a moment of calm amidst the busyness of a pre-Christmas weekend.
Many choirs are singing some of their most atmospheric music at this point in Advent.
If you have never been to Evensong before, this is an ideal moment to discover it.
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Not all December services are carol services.
Advent worship often has a stillness all of its own.
Evensong in Advent can be a refreshing contrast to the pace of the month.
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Today the church commemorates Saint Nicholas.
Churches dedicated to him often hold their patronal festival this week. Apply today to hold your own Patronal Festival in 2026: www.choralevensong.org/uk/pfg26.php
What gives Advent its distinctive character?
The readings and music invite reflection rather than celebration.
A wonderful time to try Evensong if you prefer something more contemplative.
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Advent begins today.
A season of watchfulness and hope.
If you are looking for a quiet moment amid December’s noise, Evensong offers calm, beauty, and space to breathe.
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More info (including eligibility criteria): www.choralevensong.org/uk/pfg26.php
To apply: forms.gle/5A1d7wHQZkFx...
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These grants – made possible through the generosity of many patrons, including HM The King – support parish churches in celebrating their patronal festival through a service of choral evensong as a central feature of the festival, followed by a reception.
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To mark this, we are pleased to announce that applications for our 2026 Patronal Festival Grants are NOW OPEN and accepting applications until Monday 2 February 2026, Candlemas.
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Today - 22 November - is St Cecilia's Day, the Patron Saint of music.
It is also the Choral Evensong Trust's 10th anniversary - our Patronal Feast Day, if you will.
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Today, two services of Choral Evensong, celebrating All Saints, with funding from the Patronal Festival Grant scheme.
Whiteparish, 6.00pm clarendoncofe.org/service/?e=1...
Turkdean, 6.30pm allsaintsturkdean.org.uk/nextservice/
Details of Patronal Festival Grants 2026 will be coming soon.
Tonight at 5.00pm, Chapel Allerton Church are holding Choral Evensong with Wells Cathedral Chamber Choir.
All are welcome!
Tomorrow, Sunday 12 October, at 6pm the church of St Nicholas, Islip celebrates the feast of Edward the Confessor - born in Islip - with Choral Evensong.
We're very excited about the new Channel 5 series, MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG, which starts tomorrow (7/10) at 9pm.
IMPORTANT: For those less familiar with Evensong, please be aware it is not usually preceded by murder, but by a nice organ prelude.
For more info on Evensong, visit choralevensong.org.
Today is Holy Cross Day. Among the churches dedicated to the Holy Cross, are two celebrating Festival Evensongs thanks to the Patronal Festival Grants: Goodnestone (pictured) and North Bersted.
Find out about upcoming Evensongs, and reports from past ones here choralevensong.org
Heartening news out of Lichfield Cathedral, where primary-school children came to sing with the choristers.
"Mrs Lamb was struck by their responses to the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis. The children were asked how it made them feel. One told her: 'It was like God was singing through my voice.'"
Week 13 of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
CALM
Quiet at the end of the day.
Not an escape, but a pause. A deep breath for the soul.
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Today two churches celebrating their Patronal Festivals are doing so with assistance from the Patronal Festival Grants.
St Mary's, Slaugham, Evensong 4.00pm
St Aidan's, Carlisle, Evensong 4.00pm
You can find out about other upcoming Patronal Festivals and Evensong near you at choralevensong.org.
Week 12 of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
RHYTHM
A cadence for your week.
In Evensong, the sacred becomes routine, and the routine becomes sacred.
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Week 11 of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
FRESHNESS
New breath in ancient forms.
No two services are quite the same — even the timeless is alive.
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Week ten of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
FAMILIARITY
A home in word and worship.
Same prayers, same psalms, same comfort.
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Week nine (missed it last week!) of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
REASSURANCE
The pattern holds.
Even when life shifts, the service remains — anchoring us in time.
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