Education
Born in Sâmbăta de Sus, Brașov County, he attended grade school in his native village from 1954 to 1961. He attended high school in Făgăraș (1961-1965) followed by theological seminary in Sibiu (1965-1969).
Born in Sâmbăta de Sus, Brașov County, he attended grade school in his native village from 1954 to 1961. He attended high school in Făgăraș (1961-1965) followed by theological seminary in Sibiu (1965-1969).
His father died when he was 13. He obtained a Theology doctorate in 1985 from the Bucharest seminary. Streza married Eugenia Stanciu in 1969 before being ordained a priest that December.
The couple had five children.
Eugenia died in 1992. In the summer of 1996, he was elected bishop in the Diocese of Caransebeș, tonsured a monk and given his present first name, and installed as bishop.
In 2005, he was made Metropolitan of Transylvania, with his seat at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Sibiu.