Ano Poroia (Greek: Άνω Πορόια) is a village in Greece, located in Macedonia.
It is at the foot of the Belles (Belasitsa) at an altitude of 380 m. Lake Kerkini is to the south of Ano Poroia.
Ano Poroia was founded in the end of the 18th century (c. 1800), by Aromanians (primarily) of Pindus mountain after expulsions led by Ali Pasha of Ioannina.
During the 19th century the village was one of the largest and developed in Demirhisar Kaza of the Serres Sandjak.
The main occupation was farming (tobacco, flax, cotton, barley, rye), sericulture, and commerce.
[3] At first both Bulgarians and Aromanians adhered the same liturgy and they belonged to a unified church that was serving in Greek.
It was a Greek elementary school that was attended by Aromanians and a few Bulgarian children of the wealthier class.
This village, as well as Dolni Poroy suffer from frequent torrents, which flow from Belasitsa during heavy rain; hence their names.
[7] According to Dimitar Mishev, the secretary of the exarchate, in 1905 there were 3,840 Bulgarian exarchatists, 25 ethnic Greeks, and 750 Aromanians.
[8] The Bulgarian 7th Rila Division controlled the village expelling the Ottoman authorities in October 1912, during the First Balkan War.
The village is located at the foot of Mount Belles, overlooking the valley and Lake Kerkini.