All times Eastern

SUNDAY, SEPT. 28

The Other Holy Land

Hallmark Channel, 7 a.m., noon

This special examines the place of Turkey, or Asia Minor, in the history of Christianity from St. Paul onward. In Ephesus, Cap-padocia, Constantinople (Istanbul today) and elsewhere, we learn about the Edict of Milan (A.D. 314), Church fathers and councils, monasticism, the Hagia Sophia basilica (rebuilt in the sixth century and used as a mosque today) and Orthodox history after the break in 1054. Advisory: Reflects the Orthodox viewpoint; produced in cooperation with the Greek Orthodox Church in America.

MONDAY, SEPT. 29

Kitchen Renovations

Do It Yourself, 10 p.m.

Remodeling can be a big help to a family. This new, 26-part series offers lots of ideas.

TUESDAY

I Believe in Love

Familyland TV, 1 p.m.

Here is how we can live the “little way” of St. Thérèse, the Little Flower — whose feast day happens to be Oct. 1. Re-airs Thursdays at 11 p.m., Fridays at 8:30 a.m.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 30

NOVA: Infinite Secrets

PBS, 8 p.m.

We possess many great works of ancient learning today only because Christian monks faithfully copied them by hand for 1,500 years. But to conserve paper, some manuscripts, called palimpsests, were reused, their original text written over. In 1998, a Byzantine prayer book sold for $2 million because its underlying text consisted of “lost” mathematical works of Archimedes (ca. 287-212 B.C.). New multispectral imaging at the Watters Art Museum in Baltimore is helping experts read the partly obscured text.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1

$40 a Day

Food Network, 10 p.m.

“I came, I saw, I cooked.” Rach-ael Ray visits Rome to prepare bacon and eggs, spaghetti alla carbonara, antipasti, marinated pork and ice cream (gelato di San Crispino).

THURSDAY, OCT. 2

My Secret Friend

EWTN, 4 p.m.

On today's Feast of the Guardian Angels, have your kids watch this fun, exciting animated story from CCC Productions. It's about little Angie, her family, their bunny Hopper — and what their vacation misadventures teach the family about guardian angels.

FRIDAY, OCT. 3

The World Over

EWTN, 8 p.m.

Raymond Arroyo's guest is Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

SATURDAY, OCT. 4

Explorations

National Geographic

Channel, 5 p.m.

This episode, “Voyager: Crossing Horizons,” covers mankind's continuing attempts to travel faster, farther, deeper and higher in the quest for knowledge and understanding.

Dan Engler writes from Santa Barbara, California.