Services May - December 2025

Please note carefully from the following details that:

• Until 15 June (except for 08 June - see below), owing the continued closure of the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula for upgrading and repairs, every Sunday there will be a single service of said Holy Communion at 0930 in the Chapel of St John the Evangelist in the White Tower. Entrance to the Tower will be by the Middle Drawbridge from 0900. Please note that access is via several flights of stairs.

• On 08 June (Pentecost Sunday) the service in the Chapel of St John the Evangelist in the White Tower will begin one hour later at 1030, to be followed by a State Parade on Tower Green at 1145.

• On 22 June there will be no services at the Tower but there will be a special service of Holy Communion at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine at 1100, with our Chapel Choir once more enriching our worship, to be followed by an optional lunch. Further details will be circulated.

• On 29 June, 06 July and 13 July we shall revert to our usual pattern of an 0915 said Holy Communion, followed by an 1100 service in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula with our choir.

• The services on 13 July will be our last until 14 September, when we shall revert permanently to our previous pattern of 0915 and 1100 services.

18^th May 2025 – 4th after Easter
0930 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, White Tower)
Readings James 1: 17-21 and John 16: 5-15

25^th May 2025 – 5th after Easter 
0930 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, White Tower)
Readings James 1: 22 - end and John 16: 23b - end

Thursday 29^th May 2025 -  Ascension Day
1900 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, White Tower)
Readings Acts 1:1-11 Mark 16:14-end

1^st June 2025 – The Sunday after Ascension
0930 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, White Tower)
Readings 1 Peter 4:7-1 and John 1526 – 16: 4a

8^th June 2025 – Pentecost (Whit Sunday) 
1030 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, White Tower) Please note later start time
Readings Acts 2:1-11 and John 14:15 -31a
followed by the State Parade outside on Tower Green at 1145

15^th June 2025 – Trinity Sunday
0930 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, White Tower) This will be the last 0930 service in the White Tower
Readings Revelation 4:1-11 and John 3:1-15

22^nd June 2025 – First after Trinity 
1100 Service of Holy Communion at The Royal Foundation of St Katharine with our Chapel Choir Please note the start time.
Voluntary: Nun Danket alle Gott (Karg-Elert)
Details to follow

29^th June 2025 – Peter the Apostle (Patronal Festival)
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, White Tower) Please note reversion to usual time of 0915
1100 Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula) Please note reversion to usual time of 1100
Missa Bell amfitrit (Lassus)
Motet: Tu es Petrus (Palestrina)
Readings Acts 12:1-12 and Matthew 16: 13-19.
Hymns 440, 394,272, 413.
Drinks and light refreshments will be served after the service

6th July 2025 - The Third Sunday after Trinity
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, White Tower)
1100 Choral Matins (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Responses: Ebdon
Psalm 30
Te Deum: Howells (Collegium Regale)
Readings Galatians 6:7-16 and Luke 10: 1-11 & 16-20.
Anthem: How beauteous are their feet (Stanford)
Hymns 408, 372, 439
Coffee in the chapel after church.

13th July 2025 - The Fourth Sunday after Trinity
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
1100 Choral Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula) Please note that this will be the last service before the summer break
Coronation Mass (Mozart)                                                             
Readings Romans 8:8-23 and Luke 6:36-42.
Motet: Ave Verum (Mozart)
Hymns 263, 294, 265, 271.
This will be followed by a Bring and Share Lunch which (weather permitting) will take place at long tables outside 1 Tower Green. (Should it be wet, lunch will take place indoors.) Wine and soft drinks will be provided by the chapel. Do come along!

20 July - 07 September inclusive: no services

14 September 2025 -  The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity 
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist, White Tower)
1100 Choral Matins (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Psalm 14
Readings 1 Timothy 1:12-17 and Luke 15:1-10.
Hymns tba

21^st September 2025 - The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity and Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
1100 Choral Matins (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Psalm 79:1-9
Readings 1 Timothy 2:1-7 and Luke 16: 1-13
Hymns tba

28^th September 2025 – The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
1100 Choral Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Readings Galatians 6:11-end and Matthew 6: 24-end
Hymns tba

5^th October 2025 – The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist)                                                         
1100 Choral Matins (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Psalm 137: 1-6
Readings 2 Timothy 1:1-14 and Luke 17:5-10.
Hymns tba

12^th October 2025 - The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity and Harvest Festival
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
1100 Choral Matins & Harvest Festival  (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula) 
Psalm 150
Readings Deuteronomy 26:1-11 John 54:31-38
Hymns tba

19^th October 2025 – The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)                                                         
1100 Choral Matins (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)     
Psalm 119:97-104
Readings 2 Timothy 3:14 - 4:5 and Luke 18:1-8
Hymns tba

26^th October 2025 – The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
1100 Choral Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Readings Ephesians 4:17 – end Matthew 9:1-8
Hymns tba

2^nd November 2025 - All Souls' Day
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist) 
1100 Choral Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Readings Revelation 7:2-4 & 9-12 and Matthew 5:1-12
Hymns tba

9^th November 2025 – Remembrance Sunday
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
1050 Service of Remembrance  Please note earlier start time.                                     
See service sheet on the day

16^th November 2025 – The Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
1100 Choral Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Psalm 98
Readings 2 Thessalonians 3:16-end Luke 21: 5-19
Hymns tba

23^rd November 2025 -  The Sunday next before Advent - Christ the King
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
1100 Choral Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Readings Colossians 1:13-20 and John 6: 5-14
Hymns tba

30^th December 2025 – Advent Sunday
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist) 
1100 Advent Carol service
See service sheet on the day

7^th December 2025 – The Second Sunday in Advent 
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist) 
1100 Choral Matins (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Psalm 72:1-7
Readings Romans 15: 4-13
Matthew 3: 1-12
Hymns tba

14^th December 2025 – The Third Sunday in Advent 
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vinclua) 
1100 Choral Matins (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)
Psalm 146:4-10
Readings James 5:7-10 and Matthew 11:2-11.
Hymns tba

21^st December 2025 – The Fourth Sunday in Advent 
0915 Said Holy Communion (Chapel of St John the Evangelist) 
1100 State Carol Service (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)  
See service sheet on the day

24^th December 2025 Christmas Eve
1600 Crib Service (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)                                                      
1800 First Mass of Christmas (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)

25^th December 2025 - Christmas Day
1000 Matins with Christmas Carols, followed by Holy Communion (Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula)  

28^th December 2025
No services

All are welcome to attend our services but please note that for certain major services, in particular the Christmas Carol Service, admission is by ticket issued in advance and/or by named lists, so anyone arriving without a ticket or whose name is not on a list for one of these popular services is likely to be refused admission. The reason is that Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula seats only 180 - fewer than many parish churches - and there is simply not room for as many as would like to attend some popular services. The Chapel of St John the Evangelist can acommodate only about 40 people. Please check, at the latest by the preceding Friday, with the Chapel Admininistrator to avoid disappointment.  Thank you for your understanding.

Please also note that street events such as the London Marathon or Bike Ride create difficulties for getting to the Tower, so you should allow extra time for your journey.