| 1. | The office of Matins is composed of one to three nocturns.
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| 2. | "Responsoria " occur in both Matins and Vespers.
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| 3. | Matins, Lauds and Compline usually occur during the night hours.
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| 4. | In the Benedictine office, matins followed the Roman liturgy quite closely.
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| 5. | Matins or the Office of Readings is the longest hour.
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| 6. | The Matins Gospel read on Great Feasts of the Theotokos is always.
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| 7. | They should refrain from singing Matins and other Latin hymns.
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| 8. | That night, the Matins of Lamentation is normally celebrated in the evening.
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| 9. | Matins is the longest and most complex of the daily cycle of services.
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| 10. | The Matins Gospel read on this day is from the Gospel of Matthew.
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