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No copyright on the '79 Prayer Book. It was released into the Public Domain at the same General Convention of the Episcopal Church that adopted it (1979). (Not true of all Anglican Prayer Books...)
The English Hymnal that I was thinking of is the one released (I think) in 1916 and edited by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Still, given the vagaries of the copyright laws in this Mickey Mouse/Disney era, who knows whether or not it's still under copyright.
I've been using Leitourgia as a user name in various forums and email accounts for years. As you rightly perceive it's from the Greek and is the word from whence we derive the English word "liturgy." My interest in liturgical study and theology is one that has lasted me since my teenage years (now too long ago to think about). I'm an Episcopalian but, of course, that means my interests are in both Catholic and Reformed liturgical rites and texts. I noticed the Liturgy of the Hours a while back (I've been lurking here ever since I picked up a Sony Reader for $50 on their credit card deal last fall).
Thanks for the welcome.
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