The film makes particular use of the Anglican evensong service, especially the Nunc dimittis ("Lord, thou lettest now thy servant depart in peace") and Psalm 109 ("Let his days be few; and let another take his office").

Examples in the Presbyterian Church include Fourth Presbyterian, Chicago, Illinois, and Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama, both of which offer evensong services on a seasonal basis.

"I was in Devon last week, in this little village called Budleigh, and someone came over and told me the village church had changed the time of the evensong service so they could all go home and watch 'Downton' afterward," she said.

An evensong service will consist of the following:

Congregants sit in them during daily evensong services, an unforgettable experience.

An evensong service open to the public will be held at 4 P.M. at the Washington National Cathedral on Feb. 3, the anniversary of his death.

Another of Mr. Santo's pieces, Stetit Angelus, is part of the evensong service at the Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin on Easter at 4 P.M. - a service that also includes the Laudate Dominum setting by Kyler Brown, that church's music director and organist.

Martin Neary, organist and master of the choristers, said that the object is to let visitors who cannot or do not want to stay for the weekday choral evensong services at 5 (sung every day but Wednesday) hear some of the sounds of the abbey's history and its ministry today.

He took a brief run with his wife, Tipper, on the grounds of his residence, attended an evensong service at the National Cathedral and went to the movies ("Meet the Parents") tonight.