Production soon began in New Mexico, filming in Los Alamos locations such as the Historic Fuller Lodge, Oppenheimer's home, and other surviving buildings like the women's dorms and the United Church.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America says Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who is 81, was preparing to leave for a service at a cathedral in the nation's capital when he felt unwell.
The site is the final resting place of an ancient Roman ship, which sank in the sixth century AD while ferrying prefabricated marble elements for the construction of an early church.