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The Greek Church will be celebrating the start of Lent, Holy Week, and Pascha/Easter on the old calendar, so you might have a good opportunity to attend a service. Any Orthodox Church would be having Saturday night vespers and Sunday Liturgy throughout Lent, even if they don't usually do vespers, and most will also do Wednesday and Friday vespers as well. Then there would definitely be services every night of Holy Week. Orthodox Easter this year doesn't fall until May 3. You'll all have to pray for me, I'll be still fasting long after you've celebrated Easter.

You'll all have to pray for me, I'll be still fasting long after you've celebrated Easter.

Yes, but you'll be starting later. During Lent, we have Sunday and Wednesday eucharist and Friday Benediction and Stations of the Cross. I find the Stations to be a very effective Lenten devotion. I must admit to having some concerns with Benediction. Do the Eastern churches have such a service? I tend towards the Anglican interpretation of real presence (though I don't go as far as Cranmer did). I believe that the purpose of the sacrament is communion, not adoration. I don't object to reserving the sacrament, but holding it up for everyone to see does bother me some.