"Oh, this is going to be a fun thread."
Just join kosta, marmema and me in our discussions of Serbian Slava celebrations and the finer points of preparing kolach and koliva, and we guarantee that you'll have a good time.
It's all that role of the papacy stuff that will give you a headache... :-)
Speaking of which, we should ping a few more Orthodox for their opinions on kolach and koliva! A priest once told me that the weekend's Divine Services start with Vespers on Saturday night, and don't truly end until the last person leaves the meal at church after Liturgy on Sunday morning (and of course it often continues on at "after-parties" throughout the day at various gatherings.)
Stick around, and you'll learn the important stuff!
When I was in school (around 9th grade, IIRC), we were given a school assingment to visit a ceremony of a religion other than our own and write a report on it. Since I was studying Russian for my language requirement, it was only natural to visit the Russian Orthodox church in Hollywood. It was an evening service during Orthodox Holy Week, with a candle procession, etc. Most beautiful service I've ever seen. (Didn't some Russian prince decide to convert solely because of the beauty of the ceremony?)
Dad (1/4 Irish), Mom (100% Irish), and myself all got a good chuckle over the fact that the priest of the Russian Orthodox church had an Irish name. I suppose he felt the call of priesthoood but couldn't handle celibacy. ;-)