WORSHIP AT IONA ABBEY
Part of our commitment when living in community on Iona is to join together in daily worship.
Staff and guests lead morning and evening services, focussing on welcome, justice and peace, healing, commitment and communion.
All are welcome to explore the worship spaces in and around the Abbey: the Abbey Church with its various chapels, St. Oran’s Chapel in the Relig Oran, and St. Michael’s Chapel facing east.
Holy Week and Easter
(all services are held in the Abbey Church unless indicated otherwise)
Palm Sunday 24th March
10:30am Holy Communion
9:00pm Quiet Service
Monday 25th March
9:00am Morning Service
9:00pm Evening Service
Tuesday 26th March
9:00am Morning Service
9:00pm Service of Prayer for Healing
Wednesday 27th March
9:00am Morning Service
9:00pm Service of Anointing (Chapter House)
Maundy Thursday 28th March
9:00am Morning Service
8:30pm Maundy Thursday Service, with Informal Communion
(Starting from entrance to Cloisters)
Good Friday 29th March
9:00am Morning Service
11:00am Stations of the Cross (Starting from Martyrs Bay)
2:00pm Words from the Cross (Abbey)
3:00pm Final Stations of the Cross (Starting in Abbey)
9:00pm Dispersed Worship (Locations to be announced)
Saturday 30th March
9:00am Morning Service
9:00pm Waiting in Darkness
Easter Day 31st March
6:15am Dawn Service (Starting at St Oran’s Chapel)
10:30am Communion Service
9.00pm Easter Evening Celebration
ALL WELCOME
The rhythm for worship at Iona Abbey, during the summer months is as follows:
Morning Worship
Sunday: 10:30am
Monday – Thursday: 9:00am
Friday: 8:00am
Saturday: 9:00am
Monday to Saturday
Morning services from Monday to Saturday follow the prayers of the Iona Community. We remain standing at the end of this service to leave for the work of the day. This is a powerful reminder that our whole day is enveloped in worship.
Sunday morning
On Sunday mornings, we share a service of Holy Communion at 10:30am. All are welcome to receive the bread and wine.
Evening Worship at 9pm
Evening services in the Abbey follow a weekly pattern with a different focus each evening.
Monday: Service for Justice and Peace
Tuesday: Service of Prayers for Healing*
Wednesday: Agape Service
Thursday: Service of Commitment
Friday evening: No evening service
Saturday: Service of Welcome
Sunday: Service of Quiet
*The service of prayer for healing includes prayers for individuals who have requested it, and prayers for the world.
You’ll discover more about Iona Community worship on our islands centres and online on our Prayer and Worship page