The Spaso-Vifansky Monastery in Sergiev Posad was built between 1783 and 1787 by Metropolitan Platon. Thanks to his efforts, a two-story stone church was erected here: the upper part is dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Lord, while the lower part is in honor of the Resurrection of the Righteous Lazarus, which is why the monastery was named Vifania.

Inside the Transfiguration Church, an artificial mountain was created, resembling Mount Tabor, at the top of which is an altar with a round carved iconostasis, decorated with colored glass and gilding. On both sides of the mountain are staircases leading to the southern and northern doors of the altar, where in a recess the seat of His Grace Platon and the ripida used during services have been preserved. The altar also houses an icon gifted by King Louis XVI of France to Metropolitan Platon, and a carved bone depiction of the "Adoration of the Magi," presented by Empress Maria Feodorovna.

Beneath the Transfiguration Church, in the cave-like Resurrection of Lazarus Church, to the left of the entrance in a separate section is the tomb of Metropolitan Platon. Next to his grave, against the wall under a canopy, stands the coffin of St. Sergius, in which his relics have remained intact for five centuries and were transferred by Metropolitan Platon from the Assumption Cathedral of the Lavra in 1786. To the right of the church is a two-story cathedral in honor of the Descent of the Holy Spirit and the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, built in 1866. Adjacent to it is a two-story wooden house of Metropolitan Platon on a stone foundation, preserving the decor of that time. The Vifania Spiritual Seminary operated at the monastery.

In 1925, the Spaso-Vifansky Monastery, which had the status of a labor agricultural artel since the fall of 1918, was closed. Its buildings housed a children's home named after V.I. Lenin, and a branch of the Sergiev State Historical and Art Museum opened in the memorial rooms of Metropolitan Platon. Some residential premises and both churches remained under the control of former monks until 1928-1929. In 1930-1931, all buildings of Vifania were transferred to a poultry farm, which led to Vifania being called Bird City. As the poultry farm and the settlement of Bird City developed, some buildings of the former monastery were dismantled due to dilapidation or for the use of old bricks. Thus, in the 1950s, the rooms of Metropolitan Platon and the fence with the Holy Gates and bell tower disappeared. A flowerbed with a bust of Lenin appeared on the site of the destroyed Transfiguration Cathedral. Traces of the brotherly cemetery vanished, and the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit lost its domes. Nearby, residential five-story buildings grew. Only a few surviving structures of the former monastery and the charred remains of the "new" seminary building reminded of the once-thriving Vifania in the Moscow region. By God's grace, much has already been restored, and much more remains to be restored.