Eastern rite

[Rob]

I'm looking for any advice or suggestions for my first visit to an Easter Byzantine service. I don't have a Latin mass close enough and I don't really want to go to NO Mass anymore.

[jovan66102]

Just follow what everyone else does. Don't worry about how you cross yourself. No one will pay any attention. Also, I strongly suggest not worrying about keeping up with the multiple Signs of the Cross the people will be making. If you start attending regularly it will all start coming naturally.

[Patriarch]

What Jovan Said. A hint for the Sign of the Cross is everytime one prays: "Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit" or mentions the Trinity, feel free to cross your self. It's a Holy Mass, a wondrous  Qurbana: Divine Liturgy.

[aquinas138]

In addition to the previous suggestions, I also recommend not worrying about following along with a book. Watch the liturgy, pray along with parts you know, etc. If you attend regularly, you'll know the fixed parts very soon – the Byzantine Divine Liturgy changes very little Sunday-to-Sunday, and we're entering a stretch of the year where changes are minimal. Attend for several months, and you'll likely be familiar with much of the music, the bulk of which rotates on an 8-week cycle for Sunday Liturgies.