Ukuqala ngezinto ezibalulekile, i- Ukuzalwa kukaJesu akugujwa eGibhithe ngoDisemba 25, kodwa kugujwa ngoJanuwari 7. Lokhu kukhethekile akusikho kumaCopt kuphela - iSonto Lobu-Orthodox LaseRussia nalo lithatha uJanuwari 7 njengesethenjwa - kepha kulokhu usuku lukhethwa ngokuxhumana kwalo nosuku lwama-29 lwenyanga yesiCoptic yaseKiohk.
Kusuka ku Novemba 25 kuze kufike usuku lukaKhisimusi - okungukuthi, kuze kube nguJanuwari 6 -, kwenziwa ukuzila okungahlanganisi ukushiya ngokuphelele ukudla, kepha ekukhetheni kuphela lokho kudla okungaveli kwimvelaphi yezilwane. Ekugcineni, ngosuku olukhulu lwemigubho, isidlo sakusihlwa sendabuko sifaka isidlo esiphundu seFatta, esilungiswe nelayisi kanti-ke nenyama.
Ngokuvamile, imikhosi iqala phakathi nesonto eliholela kuJanuwari 7. Izindlu ziqala ukukhombisa imihlobiso yazo ekhanyayo kanti nezihlahla zikaKhisimusi nazo zikhona. Amakhadi kaKhisimusi nawo ayisiko elihlonishwa kakhulu eGibhithe.