Giwargis Warda[a] (Classical Syriac: ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ܘܪܕܐ, Giwargis being the equivalent of "George" and warda meaning "rose") was a Syriac poet of the Church of the East who probably lived in the 13th century.
He is named in several manuscripts as the author (or perhaps compiler) of The Book of the Rose (Classical Syriac: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܘܪܕܐ, romanized: Kṯāḇā d-Wardā), an anthology of Syriac hymns for various liturgical festivals.
One hymn attributed to Giwargis mentions the Patriarch Timothy II (r. 1318–1332) and so must have been written a century later.
[1] That Giwargis is not listed in the catalogue of Syriac authors in the Paradise of Eden of ʿAbdishoʿ bar Brikha (completed after 1315) also suggests that he lived in the 14th century.
[4] Giwargis was a significant poet of the Syriac renaissance of the 12th and 13th centuries and a number of his poems were incorporated into the liturgy of the Church of the East.