11. In 1858 the reported attendance was 150 attending Matins and 250 attending Evensong! 12. The monks prayed Matins during the night and said Lauds in the early dawn. 13. It is otherwise said as part of the weekly cycle on Wednesday at Matins . 14. During the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic Matins or at the Divine Liturgy. 15. The Matins Gospel read on this day is from the Gospel of Matthew ). 16. All of the daily variation occurs in Matins . 17. The choir finished Matins with the Te Deum. 18. The singing of the genealogies of Christ after Matins on Christmas and the Assumption. 19. There are also morning matins on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 : 30 am. 20. He thus reduced the relative importance of matins with respect to the other canonical hours.
