“Peace with Creation” is the theme of the Label Armonie of the Spirit, the review promoted by the Archdiocese of Messina Lipari Santa Lucia del Mela, set up on the occasion of the time of Creation 2025. Concerts, guided tours, conferences: the program that will end on 13 October next, coordinated by Don Giovanni Lombardo. It starts on Friday 8 August at 9 pm at Monte di Pietà with the Sicilian retablum event (music of Bonaffino, D’Ondia, Muscari, A. Scarlatti, Stefania, Storace, Tozzi), which will feature the Ludus Orionis Ensemble directed by Paolo da Col and the actor Elio Crifò.
Below is the calendar of events (free admission)
Sunday 10 August 9.00 pm
Concatadrale of the SS. Salvatore, Messina
In solemnite Mariae Virginis Epistolae in Messanenses
Music by Vincenzo Tozzi
Choir of the masters and students participating in the IV interpretative interpretative interpretative: sacred music in Sicily in the 16th and 17th centuries
Paolo da Col, director
Wednesday 13 August
Anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral Basilica of Messina
12.15 am Matinée to the monumental body of the cathedral of the cathedral by the organist Riccardo Tiberia (Frosinone)
9.30 pm night in the cathedral
9.00-23.30 Extraordinary opening of the astronomical bell tower (subsidized ticket 4 euros for adults, 2 euros minor of 18 years of age; the influx will be regulated with the help of the Diocesan Civil Protection Nucleus)
Organ concert, suns and choir
Choir Chapel S. Maria Assunta
Riccardo Tiberia, organ
Don Giovanni Lombardo, director
10.00-23.30 Extraordinary Opening Crypt (subsidized ticket for 2 euros)
11.00 pm Crypt of the Duomo
Piano concert by Don Giovanni Lombardo
Thursday 14 August
Cathedral Basilica
12.15 am Matinée to the monumental organ of the cathedral of the cathedral by the owner’s organist Don Giovanni Lombardo
Sunday 17 August
Madonna di Dinnammare Sanctuary
18.00 Holy Mass presided over by Don Giovanni Lombardo
6.45 pm concert by Ars Nova Messina
Francesca Morabito, soprano
Fabio Giuseppe Lisanti, violin
Sunday Mastronardo, piano
Saturday 23 August
Messina Cathedral Basilica
Night in the cathedral
9.00-23.30 Extraordinary opening of the astronomical bell tower (subsidized ticket 4 euros, 2 euros minor of 18 years of age; the influx will be regulated with the help of the diocesan civil protection nucleus)
10.00-23.30 Extraordinary opening of the Crypt of the Duomo (subsidized ticket 2 euros)
9.30 pm Crypt of the Duomo
Concert edited by Ars Nova Messina
Luciano Troja, piano
Sunday 31 August 19.00
Capo S. Alessio beach, S. Alessio Siculo
Opening of the time of creation
Concert at sunset
COI COI TAORMINA S. Maria Assunta Chapel
Luigi Casabona, piano-voce
Marie Antoinetta Schinocca, Lyra Celtic-Voce
Don Giovanni Lombardo, director
Monday 1 September
Madonna di Lourdes (outdoor), Messina sanctuary
Day for the custody of creation
19.00 Holy Mass and start of the time of creation
8.00 pm concert edited by Ars Nova Messina
Decibel Ensemble
Alberto Famà, director
Saturday 6 September at 10.00
Church of S. Maria Addolorata, Capo Milazzo
Laudato spiritual retreat is led by Don Carmelo Russo
Musical interventions on the piano by Don Giovanni Lombardo
Sunday 14 September
Madonna di Dinnammare Sanctuary
17.00 S. Mass presided over by Don Sergio Siracusano, director of the office. Diocesan social problems and work
5.45 pm concert by Ars Nova Messina
Giusy Costa, Mezzosoprano
Annamaria Rotondo, piano
Thursday 18 September at 18.00
The places of rebirth: Aldo Moro park (Viale Regina Margherita)
Interventions: Marco Grassi, Ass. Aura, and architect Teresa Altamore, architects of Messina.
Concert edited by Ars Nova Messina
Cord for peace ensemble
Youth group of rope tools by Alessandro Monteleone
Friday 19 September at 20.00
Archbishopric cloisters (via i September)
Cineforum “Cento Domeniche” (2023, by Antonio Albanese)
With Ucid Messina
Saturday 20 September
S. Maria Recommended Church, Giardini Naxos
Intervention of prof. Don Vito Impellizzeri
Sunday 21 September
Monti Peloritani
With Cai Taormina
Mountain festival
Trekking, Holy Mass and convivial lunch
Thursday 25 September at 5.00 pm
The places of rebirth: Montalto park
Interventions: Masci di Montalto group, Marco Grassi, Ass. Aura, arch. Andrea Taranto, architects of Messina.
Concert edited by Ars Nova Messina
Alétheia Ensemble (Tiziana Filiti, Voce Raimondo Broccio, Flauto Alessandro Previti, Basso Alessandro Monteleone, guitar)
Saturday 27 September at 19.30
World Tourism Day
Crypt of the cathedral
Ecumenical prayer for creation with Ecumenism Office, Pastoral Diocesan Office of Tourism, Christian Community and Institutions
Guided tour
Interventions for choir and piano by the Chapel S. Maria Assunta
Sunday 28 September at 20.00
Piazza Sagrato Chiesa S. Caterina, Messina
Piano interventions by Don Giovanni Lombardo
Wednesday 1 October
Church of S. Francesco d’Assisi, S. Licandro
Day of Creation of Scouts
Thursday 2 October at 6.00 pm
The places of rebirth: Villa De Pasquale (waiting for authorization)
Interventions: Comprehensive Institute “G. Catalfamo”: Marco Grassi, Ass. Aura, architect Andrea Taranto, Order Architects Messina
Musical interventions by the choir colored notes
Giovanni Mundo, director
Saturday 4 October at 11.00
Cathedral Basilica
Jubilee of the administrators and closure of the time of creation
Mass animated by the Chapel S. Maria Assunta
7 – 13 October Monti Peloritani
With walking the Peloritans
Way of the soul (from the Sanctuary of Dinnammare to the Basilica Sanctuary of Tindari in 6 days)