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→Using the Google Method -- Orthros vs. Matins
::The two jurisdictions most likely to use "Orthros" are almost evenly split between the two:
:site:www.antiochian.org +Orthros =197:site:www.antiochian.org +Matins =205 hits:site:www.goarch.org +Orthros =608 :site:www.goarch.org +Matins =513
::In the Slavic Churches in America, it is not even close:
:site:www.oca.org +Orthros =17 :site:www.oca.org +Matins =609:site:/www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws +Orthros =0:site:/www.russianorthodoxchurch.ws +Matins =23:site:/www.russianchurchusa.org +Orthros =0:site:/www.russianchurchusa.org +Matins =1:site:www.spc.org.yu +Orthros =0:site:www.spc.org.yu +Matins =1:site:www.romarch.org +Orthros =0:site:www.romarch.org +Matins =3
::A big Orthodox site:
:site:orthodoxinfo.com +Orthros =6:site:orthodoxinfo.com +Matins =42
::An important Greek, New Calendar web site with liturgical texts:
:site:sgpm.goarch.org +Orthros =1:site:sgpm.goarch.org +Matins =109
::And then if you go across the pond, to the mother land, you find the following:
:site:www.anastasis.org.uk +Orthros =2:site:www.anastasis.org.uk +Matins =246:site:www.antiochian-orthodox.co.uk +Orthros =2:site:www.antiochian-orthodox.co.uk +Matins =13:site:www.thyateira.org.uk +Orthros =1:site:www.thyateira.org.uk +Matins =12 :site:www.sourozh.org +Orthros =0:site:www.sourozh.org +Matins =6
::And so in Great Britain, it crosses all ethnic boundaries.
::Then, if you look at the major English translations, you have Nassar, Hapgood, Ware, Boston, Jordanville, and St. John of Kronstadt Press, all using Matins. In fact, I am unaware of any widely used Orthodox English text that uses "Orthros". I know what "Orthros" is, but honestly, I think far more people don't... and at least Matins rings a bell with most. But while this is my opinion, I am partly just yanking your chain here. :) I can live with "Orthros". :) [[User:Frjohnwhiteford|Frjohnwhiteford]] 17:11, April 16, 2007 (PDT)
