We kindly ask our patrons to bear in mind that there are two parallel series of Palamas' Homilies/Sermons. The first series, The Homilies, is intended for the student of theology -- hardbound, with a lengthy introduction, detailed notes, indexes, etc. This edition will be published, by the prayers of St Gregory, before the end of 2009. However, because this publication is intended principally for the specialist, and because it is our mission to make St Gregory available to a wider readership, we also offer this vast treasure of Orthodox theology and the spiritual life in another form.

Therefore, we also have the second series, The Sermons, which is a collection of many of the same homilies arranged thematically and without the notes, etc. It is hoped that this series, with its modestly priced volumes, will help to introduce the reader to the faith of the Fathers of the Church, and make St Gregory, and through him knowledge of the Orthodox spiritual life, available to a wider public.

A possible source of confusion stems from the fact that originally The Homilies began as a three-volume series -- only two volumes of which were actually published (in 2002 and 2004: there is no volume 3) -- but owing to an unfavorable conjunction of circumstances on the part of the original publisher, this has now been superseded by the abovementioned single-volume hardbound MTP edition of all sixty-three extant homilies.