Lessons and Carols

Marsh Chapel’s 50th Annual Service of Christmas Lessons and Carols.

Friday, December 8th, 2023 at 6:00PM & Sunday, December 10th, 2023 at 11:00AM

Marsh Chapel offers this spectacular and festive service each year as a gift to our communities. Tickets and reservations are not available or required. Instead, we invite you to come as you are and enjoy. Ample seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

Marsh Chapel’s 50th Annual Service of Christmas Lessons and Carols, was celebrated Friday, December 8th, 2023 at 6:00 p.m and again on Sunday, December 10th, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Both services will also be available via Livestream, HERE. The liturgy for Lessons & Carols, one of BU’s most popular annual events, is inspired by the century-old iconic Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge. Music will be provided by the Marsh Chapel Choir, the Boston University School of Theology’s Seminary Singers, the Inner Strength Gospel Choir, and the Majestic Brass Quintet. 

The livestream of the Friday, December 8th, 2023 Service of Lessons and Carols can be viewed LIVE below, beginning at 6PM on December 8. Upon the completion of the stream, the recording of the service will be available for replay within 24 hours.