"And to think that priests forgiving sins made me crazy. :)"
Orthodox don't believe that priests of themselves forgive sin either! (nor do Roman Catholics so far as I know)
If I'm not mistaken, Orthodox believe simply that people should simply confess their sins to the priests but it is God that forgives those sins. Catholics OTOH believe that the "keys to the kingdom" has been given to them and their priest are in a position to forgive sins (whatever you bind on earth shall be...).