What would you consider good theology?
NYer, the priest is not an Alter Christus though as the representative of the bishop in a parish, his presence signifies the presence of Christ. Whatever is done “by” a priest is in fact done through the power of the Holy Spirit. For example, in confession, the priest is the witness of the liturgical community to the confession and by virtue of ordination and experience he may counsel and guide the penitent. He does not forgive the sins of the Penitent, God does as is clear in the rubrics of confession in the Orthodox Church.
To call a sacrament a “personal encounter with the Lord” is modernist psycho-babble and basically denies the reality of theosis on the one hand and the fallen nature of this world on the other.