In the annals of Suzdal is first mentioned when speaking of the revolt of the Magi in 1024… Suzdal is mentioned in the oldest known book… Russian Novgorod Codex. In the so-called "hidden text" says that in the year 999.. the monk Isaac was put in Suzdal priest in the Church of St. Alexander-Armenian "Bb lto ľfz Az mnih Isaac postavlen popom unto szhdali unto tsrkve svtago Alexander armenin… "