Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Health near the same name church in Hreljići is a well-known Marian pilgrimage site in southern Istria and one of the smallest Marian sanctuaries in Croatia. Every year, on the second Sunday of October, believers and pilgrims from Istria and beyond gather in front of the church. On this occasion, the faithful take part in a procession with the statue of the Mother of God / Our Lady of Health around the church, begging for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary for health, and after the mass celebration, pilgrims have the opportunity to bow in front of the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the parish church and thereby express their faith and respect for this a pilgrimage shrine with a long tradition. The Church of Our Lady of Health was built in 1726, and there is an interesting story as to why it was built on that very spot in Hreljići.
Namely, the inhabitants of Belavići, Bratulići, Kuići, Manjadvorci, the former Prdajci, Hreljići and Biletići have been serving the missal, a hermit of the Pauline order, at the church of St. Dionysus on the crossroads of Barban, Mutvoran and Rakalj. But that church was too far for them to arrive on Sundays and holidays to attend the holy mass, and after that to take the cattle to pasture … therefore, on January 24, 1724 five local village officials decided to turn to the feudal lord Antonio Loredan with a request to build a church on a hill near Hreljići. The request was resolved positively, with the condition that the locals should build it at their own expense, supply it, light it and ensure the performance of God’s service. The church was completed in two years, and the people chose Mihovil Batelić as the first chaplain, who held the position for a very long time because he also renovated the church in 1764, as evidenced by the inscription in the sacristy. Later, the church was renovated in 1980, and on November 23, 1988 the chapel was declared a parish.
Mother of God / Lady of Health is a one-nave church with a small chapel and sacristy, and three marble altars. The main altar has a marble sanctuary and a wooden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Rosary dating from 1736. There are four stone statues of saints in the church, two of which are on the altar and two above the door of the sacristy. Figures of St. Lucius, St. Valentine and St. Agates, martyrs from the first Christian times are united in an altarpiece from the 19th century, and are the work of the painter Venerio Trevisan from Vodnjan. Next to the church there is a cemetery that was founded and blessed on September 27, 1752 and a cemetery chapel was built in 2005. The Church of Our Lady of Health serves the settlements of Hreljići, Stancija Palion, Biletići, Jukići, Belavići, Rebići, Dobrani, Beloči, Bratulići, Kujići and Manjadvorci. The parish house is also located in Hreljići, and was built in 1775.